Martin Healey

No ORCID on file · 85 papers in corpus · active 1998-2026

Study types

  • article 62
  • other 12
  • review 4
  • letter 3
  • preprint 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 69
  • adenomyosis 12
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 11
  • infertility 6
  • die_deep_infiltrating 5
  • dyspareunia 4
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • irritable_bowel_syndrome 2
  • interstitial_cystitis 2
  • endometrioma 2
article 2019
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dez279

STUDY QUESTION: Are genetic effects on endometrial gene expression tissue specific and/or associated with reproductive traits and diseases? SUMMARY ANSWER: Analyses of RNA-sequence data and individual genotype data from the endometrium iden…

preprint 2018
·doi:10.64628/aa.4394ts5rj
article 2018
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada : JOGC = Journal d'obstetrique et gynecologie du Canada : JOGC ·doi:10.1016/j.jogc.2018.06.023
other 2018
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-018-29462-y

Gene expression varies markedly across the menstrual cycle and expression levels for many genes are under genetic control. We analyzed gene expression and mapped expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) in endometrial tissue samples from …

article 2018
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2018.10.005
article 2018
·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2018.09.095
dataset 2018
·doi:10.25909/5c00abb58dd16

Supplemental Figure 1 and Supplemental Table 1a and b from:Plasma microRNAs display limited potential as diagnostic tools for endometriosis.Victoria Nisenblat, David J. Sharkey, Zhao Wang, Susan F. Evans, Martin Healey, E. Maria C. Ohlsson …

article 2018
·doi:10.1177/2284026518773939

Introduction: There is a well-established inverse relationship between body mass index and frequency of endometriosis. However, these population-based studies have relied mostly on self-reported cases of endometriosis, rather than surgicall…

article 2018
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2018.09.780
article 2017
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2017.12.013
article 2017
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.07.779
other 2017
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dex006

STUDY QUESTION: Do genetic effects regulate gene expression in human endometrium? SUMMARY ANSWER: This study demonstrated strong genetic effects on endometrial gene expression and some evidence for genetic regulation of gene expression in …

preprint 2017
·doi:10.64628/aa.k3fdems7k
article 2016
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dew047

STUDY QUESTION: Do endometriosis risk-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) found at the 12q22 locus have effects on vezatin ( ITALIC! VEZT) expression? SUMMARY ANSWER: The original genome-wide association study (GWAS) SNP (rs10…

article 2016
Human molecular genetics ·doi:10.1093/hmg/ddw320

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified markers within the WNT4 region on chromosome 1p36.12 showing consistent and strong association with increasing endometriosis risk. Fine mapping using sequence and imputed genotype data …

article 2016
·doi:10.5301/je.5000244

Purpose To evaluate the impact of bowel endometriosis surgery on obstructive defecation syndrome symptoms, bladder dysfunction, pain symptoms and quality of life (QOL). Methods This was a retrospective cohort study of patients who underwent…

article 2015

STUDY QUESTION: Do DNA variants in the growth regulation by estrogen in breast cancer 1 (GREB1) region regulate endometrial GREB1 expression and increase the risk of developing endometriosis in women?

article 2015
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dev051

STUDY QUESTION: Do DNA variants in the growth regulation by estrogen in breast cancer 1 (GREB1) region regulate endometrial GREB1 expression and increase the risk of developing endometriosis in women? SUMMARY ANSWER: We identified new singl…

article 2015
·doi:10.1097/ogx.0000000000000161

Medical therapy for patients with endometriosis often fails or produces substantial adverse effects including a contraceptive effect in women wishing to conceive. Surgery is a major treatment option for such patients. Surgical choices inclu…

article 2015
article 2014
The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/ajo.12242

BACKGROUND: Surgical treatment of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) is complex, and preoperative diagnosis benefits both surgeon and patient. Studies in expert centres have reported high accuracy for transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) diagn…

letter 2014
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2014.12.154
article 2014
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2014.04.002
article 2014
·doi:10.5301/je.5000194

Purpose The purpose of this study was to develop a test to discriminate between women suffering from pelvic pain associated with presence or absence of endometriosis, using symptom visual analogue scale (VAS) scores, demographic and lifesty…

article 2013
International urogynecology journal ·doi:10.1007/s00192-012-1995-5