R S Williams

No ORCID on file · 8 papers in corpus · active 1988-1997

Study types

  • article 5
  • other 3

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 8
  • infertility 1
article 1997
Molecular human reproduction ·doi:10.1093/molehr/3.5.383

Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) is a major secretory product of macrophages which, through autocrine/paracrine pathways, play a central role in normal reproductive tissues as well as in disorders such as endometriosis and intrape…

other 1995
Endocrine ·doi:10.1007/BF02917451

Exposure of mouse spermatozoa and oocytes duringin vitro fertilization (IVF) to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) activated macrophages (U937 cell line), but not unactivated macrophages cultureconditioned medium o…

article 1994
Obstetrics and gynecology

OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the presence and cellular distribution of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) in surgically induced endometriosis in the rat. METHODS: Endometriosis was induced by implanting pieces of uterine fragments in the…

article 1992
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(92)91852-2
article 1991
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(91)90621-w
article 1991
Obstetrics and gynecology

The present immunohistochemical studies used polyclonal antibodies specific to epidermal growth factor (EGF), transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha), and monoclonal antibodies to the extracellular binding domain of EGF receptor to elu…

other 1990
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(90)90882-8
other 1988
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59791-x

CA-125 has been found to be mildly elevated in the serum of patients with advanced stages of endometriosis, but not with minimal endometriosis. Peritoneal fluid levels were measured in conjunction with serum levels in 12 consecutive patient…