Kirstin L Parkin

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus · active 2014-2018

Study types

  • article 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
  • infertility 1
article 2018
The dynamic changes in the number of uterine natural killer cells are specific to the eutopic but not to the ectopic endometrium in women and in a baboon model of endometriosis
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E ·doi:10.1186/s12958-018-0385-3

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a common condition associated with growth of endometrial-like tissue beyond the uterine cavity. Previous reports have suggested a role for uNK cells in the pathogenesis of endometriosis postulating that survival…

article 2014
Characterization of Uterine NK Cells in Women with Infertility or Recurrent Pregnancy Loss and Associated Endometriosis
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/aji.12259

PROBLEM: Uterine natural killer cells (uNK) have been thought to play a key role in endometriosis and infertility. We investigated the expression of CD56, CD16, and NKp46 in endometrial tissues from 61 women with unexplained recurrent pregn…