Obstetrics & Gynaecology Publications
Focusing on women’s health, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Publications has five main research areas. These research areas are, maternal-fetal medicine, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, urogynaecology/minimally invasive surgery, gynaecologic oncology, and womens health research.
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Submissions from 2021
Structural distress: experiences of moral distress related to structural stigma during the COVID-19 pandemic, Javeed Sukhera, Chetana Kulkarni, and Taryn Taylor
The effect of maternal protein restriction during perinatal life on the inflammatory response in pediatric rats, Ruud A.W. Veldhuizen, Brandon Baer, Lynda A. McCaig, Lauren A. Solomon, Lisa Cameron, and Daniel B. Hardy
Corrigendum dans la « Directive clinique n° 412: Entrée laparoscopique en chirurgie gynécologique » [Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 43 (2021) 390-405.E1, George A. Vilos, Artin Ternamian, Philippe Y. Laberge, Angelos G. Vilos, Basim Abu-Rafea, Sarah Scattolon, and Nicholas Leyland
Corrigendum to ‘Guideline No. 412: Laparoscopic Entry for Gynaecological Surgery’ [Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 43 (2021) 376−389](S1701216320310343)(10.1016/j.jogc.2020.12.012), George A. Vilos, Artin Ternamian, Philippe Y. Laberge, Angelos G. Vilos, Basim Abu-Rafea, Sarah Scattolon, and Nicholas Leyland
Time mating guinea pigs by monitoring changes to the vaginal membrane throughout the estrus cycle and with ultrasound confirmation, Rebecca L. Wilson, Kristin Lampe, Brad J. Matushewski, Timothy R.H. Regnault, and Helen N. Jones
Extraordinarily rapid proliferation of cultured muscle satellite cells from migratory birds, Kevin G. Young, Timothy R.H. Regnault, and Christopher G. Guglielmo
Planned Cesarean or planned vaginal delivery for twins: secondary analysis of randomized controlled trial, M. H. Zafarmand, S. M.T.A. Goossens, P. Tajik, P. M.M. Bossuyt, E. V. Asztalos, G. J. Gardener, A. R. Willan, F. J.M.E. Roumen, B. W. Mol, Y. Barrett, J. F. Barrett, A. C. Allen, B. A. Armson, S. Farrell, A. Gafni, J. E. Hanigsberg, M. E. Hannah, E. K. Hutton, K. S. Joseph, L. Leduc, D. Mason, A. Ohlsson, N. Okun, S. Ross, J. J. Sanchez, M. Bracken, P. Crowley, A. Donner, and L. Duley
Submissions from 2020
Genetic and epigenetic profiling of BRCA1/2 in ovarian tumors reveals additive diagnostic yield and evidence of a genomic BRCA1/2 DNA methylation signature, Erfan Aref-Eshghi, Jacob D. McGee, Victor P. Pedro, Jennifer Kerkhof, Alan Stuart, Peter J. Ainsworth, Hanxin Lin, Michael Volodarsky, Catherine Meg McLachlin, and Bekim Sadikovic
High aldosterone, hypertension and adrenal adenoma in a 36-year-old pregnant patient: Is this primary aldosteronism?, Amanda J. Berberich, Deborah Penava, Dongmei Sun, Arlene MacDougall, Andrea Lum, and Stan Van Uum
AMPK-independent LKB1 activity is required for efficient epithelial ovarian cancer metastasis, Adrian Buensuceso, Yudith Ramos-Valdes, Gabriel E. Di Mattia, and Trevor G. Shepherd
Maternal obesity reduces placental autophagy marker expression in uncomplicated pregnancies, Matthew Cohen, Emily Guo, Aidan Pucchio, Barbra de Vrijer, Trevor G Shepherd, and Genevieve Eastabrook
Uterine aquaporin expression is dynamically regulated by estradiol and progesterone and ovarian stimulation disrupts embryo implantation without affecting luminal closure, Vanessa De Oliveira, Jennifer Schaefer, Basim Abu-Rafea, George A. Vilos, Angelos G. Vilos, Moshmi Bhattacharya, Sally Radovick, and Andy V. Babwah
Persistent complete hydatidiform molar pregnancy following assisted reproductive technology in a gestational carrier: Case report, Oleksandra Dzyubak, Jamie Lee Fritz, Taryn Taylor, and Jacob McGee
The impact of maternal body composition and dietary fat consumption upon placental lipid processing and offspring metabolic health, Zachary J.W. Easton and Timothy R.H. Regnault
A novel role for NUAK1 in promoting ovarian cancer metastasis through regulation of fibronectin production in Spheroids, Jamie Lee Fritz, Olga Collins, Parima Saxena, Adrian Buensuceso, Yudith Ramos Valdes, Kyle E. Francis, Kevin R. Brown, Brett Larsen, Karen Colwill, Anne Claude Gingras, Robert Rottapel, and Trevor G. Shepherd
Context-dependent activation of SIRT3 is necessary for anchorage-independent survival and metastasis of ovarian cancer cells, Yeon Soo Kim, Piyushi Gupta Vallur, Victoria M. Jones, Beth L. Worley, Sara Shimko, Dong Hui Shin, La Taijah C. Crawford, Chi Wei Chen, Katherine M. Aird, Thomas Abraham, Trevor G. Shepherd, Joshua I. Warrick, Nam Y. Lee, Rebecca Phaeton, Karthikeyan Mythreye, and Nadine Hempel
Characterization of Mutational Status, Spheroid Formation, and Drug Response of a New Genomically-Stable Human Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma Cell Line, 105C, Bart Kolendowski, Yudith Ramos Valdes, Hal Hirte, Hiroaki Itamochi, Wonjae Lee, Mark Carey, Trevor G. Shepherd, and Gabriel E. DiMattia
Activated CAMKKβ-AMPK signaling promotes autophagy in a spheroid model of ovarian tumour metastasis, Jeremi Laski, Bipradeb Singha, Xu Wang, Yudith Ramos Valdés, Olga Collins, and Trevor G. Shepherd
Impact of class III obesity on outcomes and complications of transvaginal ultrasound-guided oocyte pickup, Tina Liang, Kelsey Ruetz, Olga Haakman, Angelos Vilos, George Vilos, and Basim Abu-Rafea
Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure during rat pregnancy leads to symmetrical fetal growth restriction and labyrinth-specific vascular defects in the placenta., Bryony V Natale, Katarina N Gustin, Kendrick Lee, Alison C Holloway, Steven R Laviolette, David R C Natale, and Daniel B Hardy
Homeless beneath a BMW's wheels, Jeff Nisker
Labour Progression in Obese Women: Are Women With Increased Body Mass Index Having Unnecessary Cesarean Sections?, Caroline Shenouda, Aloka Wijesooriya, Amanda Toufeili, Michael R Miller, Debbie Penava, and Barbra de Vrijer
Drug therapy during pregnancy., Dongmei Sun, Janine R. Hutson, and Facundo Garcia-Bournissen MD PhD
Olive oil diet in mild pre-gestational diabetes impacts offspring β-cell development., Bushra Taqui, Farsad Asadi, Evangelina Capobianco, Daniel Barry Hardy, Alicia Jawerbaum, and Edith Juliana Arany
Peripartum hyperhemolysis prophylaxis and management in sickle cell disease: A case report and narrative review., Lakshman Vasanthamohan, Sheryl Choo, Tonisha Marshall, Yahui Tammy Symons, Doreen Matsui, Genevieve Eastabrook, and Ziad Solh