Wessels JM
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· 13 papers in corpus
· active 2013-2024
Study types
- article 4
- review 4
- other 3
Condition tags
- endometriosis 11
- chronic_pelvic_pain 3
- infertility 3
- dysmenorrhea 2
- endometrioma 1
- dyspareunia 1
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article
2024
Renee T Sullender,1 Ravi K Agarwal,2 Marni B Jacobs,1 Jocelyn M Wessels,3 Warren G Foster,3 Sanjay K Agarwal1 1Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; 2Univer…
article
2022
OBJECTIVES: To describe the use and perceived effectiveness of medical, surgical, and alternative therapies (e.g., diet, exercise, heat, cannabis, etc.) in managing endometriosis-associated pain in Canadians. METHODS: A cross-sectional onl…
review
2022
Endometriosis is a chronic systemic disease that can cause pain, infertility and reduced quality of life. Diagnosing endometriosis remains challenging, which yields diagnostic delays for patients. Research on diagnostic test accuracy in end…
review
2022
The intricate interactions between the host cells, bacteria, and immune components that reside in the female reproductive tract (FRT) are essential in maintaining reproductive tract homeostasis. Much of our current knowledge surrounding the…
article
2021
Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent gynecological condition affecting approximately 10% of reproductive age women. The most widely accepted theory of its etiology includes retrograde menstruation. Recent reports suggest the uteru…
other
2020
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression and function in the mammalian reproductive Tract
BACKGROUND: Neurotrophins of the nerve growth factor family are soluble polypeptides that are best known for their role in nerve growth, survival and differentiation in the central nervous system. A growing body of literature shows that neu…
2020
Circulating concentrations of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) have been linked to cancer, neuropsychiatric, diabetes, and gynecological disorders. However, factors influencing plasma storage and subsequent BDNF quantification are i…
other
2018
MicroRNA (miRNA), noncoding segments of RNA involved in post-transcriptional regulation of protein expression are differentially expressed in eutopic endometrium of women with and without endometriosis compared to endometriotic lesions. How…
article
2015
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate novel clinical markers of endometriosis including the neurotrophins brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), nerve growth factor (NGF), and neurotrophin 4/5 (NT4/5) and compare them to others previously reported in t…
other
2015
STUDY QUESTION: Are brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its receptors, NTRK2, NGFR and SORT1, regulated by ovarian steroids in the uterus? SUMMARY ANSWER: BDNF and its low affinity receptor, nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR), ar…
review
2014
Numerous biochemical differences have been documented in women with endometriosis compared to controls; however, identification of a clinically useful marker of endometriosis remains elusive. We postulate that the diversity of clinical pres…
review
2013
Endometriosis is a gynecological disease characterized by the growth of endometrium outside of the uterine cavity. It is often associated with dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, pelvic pain and infertility. One of the key requirements for endometri…
2013
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) post-transcriptionally regulate a vast network of genes by inhibiting mRNA translation. Aberrant miRNA expression profiles have been implicated in pathologies and physiological processes including pregnancy and angiogenes…