Lauren Martin

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is the presence of endometrium-like tissue outside the uterine cavity. An experimental model of endometriosis has been created in the baboon by the transcervical collection and laparoscopic inoculation of menstrual…

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with irregular menstrual cycles, hyperandrogenemia, and obesity. It is currently accepted that women with PCOS are also at risk for endometriosis, but the effect of androgen and obesity on endo…

Background: Endometriosis is a painful disorder in women where endometrium-like tissue exists outside of the uterine cavity. Progress on new therapies for the disorder is dependent on physiologically relevant models. Menstruation and develo…

Endometriosis is a relatively common condition in women and some populations of adult female rhesus macaques. However, endometriosis with extensive smooth muscle proliferation, as occurs in endomyometrioma and uterus-like mass (ULM), is rar…

Objective: Endometriosis is a disorder where endometrium-like tissues form lesions at ectopic sites outside of the uterus. Spontaneous endometriosis occurs only in women and menstruating nonhuman primates (NHPs). Progress on new therapies f…