Shari Mackens

No ORCID on file · 10 papers in corpus · active 2017-2025

Study types

  • article 2
  • other 2
  • meta-analysis 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 1
  • infertility 1
  • adenomyosis 1
other 2025
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2025.104876

RESEARCH QUESTION: Are pregnancies in female same-sex couples at higher risk when using reception of oocytes from partner (ROPA) compared with intrauterine insemination (IUI)? DESIGN: A retrospective, single-centre, matched cohort study wa…

meta-analysis 2025
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2025.105075

The aim of this study was to investigate whether gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) pretreatment has a positive effect on pregnancy outcomes in women with adenomyosis who were undergoing a frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycle. A …

article 2024
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-024-03173-y

Abstract Purpose To investigate whether the transcriptome profile differs between progesterone-treated infertile and fertile endometrial organoids. Methods Endometrial biopsies were obtained from 14 infertile and seven fertile women, after …

other 2024
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0308666

The study investigates whether a 3-day pretreatment course with a GnRH antagonist in the early follicular phase has an impact on the number of retrieved COCs in a GnRH antagonist stimulation protocol. This is a retrospective single center c…

2023
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms24065947

It is generally accepted that microorganisms can colonize a non-pathological endometrium. However, in a clinical setting, endometrial samples are always collected by passing through the vaginal-cervical route. As such, the vaginal and cervi…

2023
Human reproduction update ·doi:10.1093/humupd/dmad014

BackgroundIn IVF/ICSI treatment, the process of embryo implantation is the success rate-limiting step. Endometrial scratching has been suggested to improve this process, but it is unclear if this procedure increases the chance of implantati…

2023
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-023-30591-2

The endometrial microbiota composition may be associated with implantation success. However, a 'core' composition has not yet been defined. This exploratory study analysed the endometrial microbiota by 16S rRNA sequencing (V1-V2 region) of …

2022
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-022-02572-3

PurposeDoes cell loss (CL) after vitrification and warming (V/W) of day 3 embryos have an impact on live birth rate (LBR) and neonatal outcomes?MethodThis retrospective analysis includes cleavage stage day 3 embryos vitrified/warmed between…

2020
Frontiers in endocrinology ·doi:10.3389/fendo.2020.00255

Background: The need for endocrine monitoring in artificial cycles for frozen embryo transfer (FET) remains unclear and, more specifically, the value of the late-proliferative phase serum estradiol (E2) levels is with conflicting evidence i…

article 2017