Marta A. Crispens

ORCID: 0000-0002-2334-0011 · 4 papers in corpus
other 2017
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719117698584

Development of adhesions commonly occurs in association with surgery for endometriosis. Even in the absence of surgery, women with endometriosis appear to be at an enhanced risk of developing adhesions. In the current study, we utilized a c…

article 2010
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.09.017

ObjectiveTo examine the impact of a recent surgery on development of endometriosis-related adhesions in a chimeric model and to determine the therapeutic efficacy of pioglitazone (PIO).DesignHuman endometrial biopsies were maintained in E(2…

other 2010
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.05.076

OBJECTIVE: To develop a chimeric human/mouse model of experimental endometriosis for the examination of the role of human immune cells in this disease. DESIGN: Laboratory-based study. SETTING: University-affiliated medical center. PATIEN…

review 2008
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.102

Laboratory and population-based studies suggest that exposure to environmental toxicants may be one of several triggers for the development of endometriosis. We discuss evidence that modulation of the endometrial endocrine-immune interface …