Ellen Menkhorst

Galectin-7: A Novel Placental-released Driver of Preeclampsia.

Ellen Menkhorst, Wei Zhou, Teresa So, Leilani Santos, Jian-Guo Zhang, Argyro Syngelaki, Kypros Nicolaides, Yves St-Pierre, Eva Dimitriadis

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES

Restoration of microRNA-29c in type I endometrioid cancer reduced endometrial cancer cell growth

Michelle Van Sinderen, Meaghan Griffiths, Ellen Menkhorst, Keith Niven, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2019  |  Oncology Letters

Trophoblast function is altered by decidual factors in gestational-dependant manner

EM Menkhorst, M Van Sinderen, J Correia, E Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2019  |  Placenta

Decidual-Secreted miRs: Essential Mediators of Maternal-Fetal Dialogue during Early Pregnancy.

Ellen Menkhorst, Kate Rainczuk, Eva Dimitriadis

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES

Galectin-7 is elevated in endometrioid (type I) endometrial cancer and promotes cell migration

Ellen Menkhorst, Meaghan Griffiths, Michelle Van Sinderen, Kate Rainczuk, Keith Niven, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2018  |  Oncology Letters

Interleukin 11 blockade during mid to late gestation does not affect maternal blood pressure, pregnancy viability or subsequent fertility in mice

Amy Winship, Ellen Menkhorst, Michelle Van Sinderen, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2018  |  Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Mouse double minute homologue 2 (MDM2) downregulation by miR-661 impairs human endometrial epithelial cell adhesive capacity

Amy Winship, Amanda Ton, Michelle Van Sinderen, Ellen Menkhorst, Katarzyna Rainczuk, Meaghan Griffiths, Carly Cuman, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2018  |  Reproduction, Fertility and Development

An Electrical Impedance-Based Assay to Examine Functions of Various Placental Cell Types In Vitro

Tejasvy Chollangi, Helene Clabault, Andree-Anne Hudon Thibeault, Hannah EJ Yong, Shagun Narula, Ellen Menkhorst, J Thomas Sanderson, Cathy Vaillancourt, Padma Murthi

Book Chapter  |  2018  |  Methods in Molecular Biology

Invasive trophoblast promote stromal fibroblast decidualization via Profilin 1 and ALOX5

EM Menkhorst, ML Van Sinderen, K Rainczuk, C Cuman, A Winship, E Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2017  |  Scientific Reports

Soluble Delta-like ligand 1 alters human endometrial epithelial cell adhesive capacity

Michelle Van Sinderen, Jennifer Oyanedel, Ellen Menkhorst, Carly Cuman, Katarzyna Rainczuk, Amy Winship, Lois Salamonsen, Tracey Edgell, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2017  |  Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Fertile ground: human endometrial programming and lessons in health and disease

Jemma Evans, Lois A Salamonsen, Amy Winship, Ellen Menkhorst, Guiying Nie, Caroline E Gargett, Eva Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2016  |  Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Human extravillous trophoblast invasion: intrinsic and extrinsic regulation

E Menkhorst, A Winship, M Van Sinderen, E Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2016  |  Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Interleukin 11: similar or opposite roles in female reproduction and reproductive cancer?

Amy Winship, Ellen Menkhorst, Michelle Van Sinderen, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2016  |  Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Interleukin-11 alters placentation and causes preeclampsia features in mice

Amy L Winship, Kaori Koga, Ellen Menkhorst, Michelle Van Sinderen, Katarzyna Rainczuk, Miwako Nagai, Carly Cuman, Joanne Yap, Jian-Guo Zhang, David Simmons, Morag J Young, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2015  |  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

BLOCKING LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR IMPAIRS TROPHOBLAST INVASION AND LEADS TO ABNORMAL PLACENTATION AND PREGNANCY LOSS IN MICE

Amy Winship, Jeanne Correia, Ellen Menkhorst, Jian-Guo Zhang, Nicos Nicola, Eva Dimitriadis

Conference Proceedings  |  2015  |  Placenta

Blocking Endogenous Leukemia Inhibitory Factor During Placental Development in Mice Leads to Abnormal Placentation and Pregnancy Loss

Amy Winship, Jeanne Correia, Tara Krishnan, Ellen Menkhorst, Carly Cuman, Jian-Guo Zhang, Nicos A Nicola, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2015  |  Scientific Reports

Dynamic changes in hyperglycosylated human chorionic gonadotrophin throughout the first trimester of pregnancy and its role in early placentation

J Evans, LA Salamonsen, E Menkhorst, E Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2015  |  Human Reproduction

TARGETING PLACENTAL LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR WITH A UNIQUE INHIBITOR: A NOVEL TREATMENT STRATEGY FOR ECTOPIC PREGNANCY

Amy Winship, Tara Trishnan, Ellen Menkhorst, Andrew Horne, Jeremy Brown, Stephen Tong, Jian-Guo Zhang, Nick Nicola, Eva Dimitriadis

Conference Proceedings  |  2014  |  Placenta

INTERLEUKIN-11 IS CRITICAL FOR PLACENTATION IN MICE

Amy Winship, Ellen Menkhorst, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Conference Proceedings  |  2014  |  Placenta

GALECTIN-7: IMPLANTATION MEDIATOR AND SERUM BIOMARKER OF MISCARRIAGE AND PREECLAMPSIA

Ellen Menkhorst, Thilini Gamage, Michelle Van Sinderen, Carly Cuman, Joanne Yap, Tu'uhehava Kaitu'u-Lino, Kaori Koga, Stephen Tong, Eva Dimitriadis

Conference Proceedings  |  2014  |  Placenta

Galectin-7 is important for normal uterine repair following menstruation

Jemma Evans, Joanne Yap, Thillini Gamage, Lois Salamonsen, Evdokia Dimitriadis, Ellen Menkhorst

Journal article  |  2014  |  Molecular Human Reproduction

Galectin-7 serum levels are altered prior to the onset of pre-eclampsia

E Menkhorst, K Koga, M Van Sinderen, E Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2014  |  Placenta

Fetal-maternal communication: the role of Notch signalling in embryo implantation

Carly Cuman, Ellen Menkhorst, Amy Winship, Michelle Van Sinderen, Tiki Osianlis, Luk J Rombauts, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2014  |  REPRODUCTION

Galectin-7 acts as an adhesion molecule during implantation and increased expression is associated with miscarriage

EM Menkhorst, T Gamage, C Cuman, TJ Kaitu'u-Lino, S Tong, E Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2014  |  PLACENTA

The role of leukemia inhibitory factor in tubal ectopic pregnancy

T Krishnan, A Winship, S Sonderegger, E Menkhorst, AW Horne, J Brown, J-G Zhang, NA Nicola, S Tong, E Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2013  |  Placenta

Effects of Gefitinib, an Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitor, on Human Placental Cell Growth

Ulrika W Nilsson, Terrance G Johns, Tania Wilmann, Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino, Clare Whitehead, Eva Dimitriadis, Ellen Menkhorst, Burcu Saglam, Yane Gao, Sameer A Greenall, Andrew W Horne, Stephen Tong

Journal article  |  2013  |  Obstetrics and Gynecology

The chrondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG4) regulates human trophoblast function

M Van Sinderen, C Cuman, A Winship, E Menkhorst, E Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2013  |  Placenta

Preimplantation Human Blastocyst-Endometrial Interactions: The Role of Inflammatory Mediators

Michelle Van Sinderen, Ellen Menkhorst, Amy Winship, Carly Cuman, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2013  |  American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Preimplantation human blastocysts release factors that differentially alter human endometrial epithelial cell adhesion and gene expression relative to IVF success

C Cuman, EM Menkhorst, LJ Rombauts, S Holden, D Webster, M Bilandzic, T Osianlis, E Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2013  |  Human Reproduction

Corin, an enzyme with a putative role in spiral artery remodeling, is up-regulated in late secretory endometrium and first trimester decidua

Tu'uhevaha J Kaitu'u-Lino, Louie Ye, Laura Tuohey, Evdokia Dimitriadis, Judith Bulmer, Peter Rogers, Ellen Menkhorst, Michelle Van Sinderen, Jane E Girling, Natalie Hannan, Stephen Tong

Journal article  |  2013  |  Human Reproduction

EVTS STIMULATE AND ENHANCE THE DECIDUALIZATION OF HUMAN ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL CELLS

Ellen Menkhorst, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Conference Proceedings  |  2012  |  PLACENTA

Decidual-Secreted Factors Alter Invasive Trophoblast Membrane and Secreted Proteins Implying a Role for Decidual Cell Regulation of Placentation

Ellen Melaleuca Menkhorst, Natalie Lane, Amy Louise Winship, Priscilla Li, Joanne Yap, Katie Meehan, Adam Rainczuk, Andrew Stephens, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2012  |  PLoS ONE

Interleukin (IL)11 mediates protein secretion and modification in human extravillous trophoblasts

Stefan Sonderegger, Joanne Yap, Ellen Menkhorst, Gareth Weston, Peter G Stanton, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2011  |  Human Reproduction

Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Enhances Endometrial Stromal Cell Decidualization in Humans and Mice

Lorraine Lin Shuya, Ellen Melaleuca Menkhorst, Joanne Yap, Priscilla Li, Natalie Lane, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2011  |  PLoS ONE

Vaginally Administered PEGylated LIF Antagonist Blocked Embryo Implantation and Eliminated Non-Target Effects on Bone in Mice

Ellen Menkhorst, Jian-Guo Zhang, Natalie A Sims, Phillip O Morgan, Priscilla Soo, Ingrid J Poulton, Donald Metcalf, Estella Alexandrou, Melissa Gresle, Lois A Salamonsen, Helmut Butzkueven, Nicos A Nicola, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2011  |  PLOS ONE

New generation contraceptives: interleukin 11 family cytokines as non-steroidal contraceptive targets

E Dimitriadis, E Menkhorst

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Reproductive Immunology

IFPA Meeting 2010 Workshops Report II: Placental pathology; Trophoblast invasion; Fetal sex; Parasites and the placenta; Decidua and embryonic or fetal loss; Trophoblast differentiation and syncytialisation

A Al-Khan, IL Aye, I Barsoum, A Borbelyd, E Cebral, G Cerchi, VL Clifton, S Collins, T Cotechini, A Davey, J Flores-Martin, T Fournier, AM Franchi, RE Fretes, CH Graham, G Godbole, SR Hansson, PL Headley, C Ibarra, A Jawerbaum, et al.

Journal article  |  2011  |  Placenta

DECIDUAL CELL SURFACE AND SECRETED (PARACRINE) FACTORS REGULATE TROPHOBLAST FUNCTION

E Menkhorst, P Li, K Meeehan, A Rainczuk, A Stephens, E Dimitriadis

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  PLACENTA

Development of a vaginally applied, non-hormonal contraceptive: the contraceptive efficacy and impact on bone turnover of PEGLA, a long-acting LIF antagonist

E Menkhorst, JG Zhang, PO Morgan, IJ Poulton, D Metcalf, LA Salamonsen, NA Sims, NA Nicola, E Dimitriadis

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibition as a Novel Tablet-Based Treatment to Medically Cure Ectopic Pregnancy

Ulrika Nilsson, Yane E Gano, Terrance G Johns, Eva Dimitriadis, Ellen Menkhorst, Joanne Moekler, Stephen Tong

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES

LIF and IL11 in trophoblast-endometrial interactions during the establishment of pregnancy

E Dimitriadis, E Menkhorst, LA Salamonsen, P Paiva

Journal article  |  2010  |  Placenta

Interleukin 11 and activin A synergise to regulate progesterone-induced but not cAMP-induced decidualization

Ellen Menkhorst, Lois A Salamonsen, Jin Zhang, Craig A Harrison, Jun Gu, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Evolution of the Shell Coat and Yolk in Amniotes: A Marsupial Perspective

Ellen Menkhorst, Angela Nation, Shuliang Cui, Lynne Selwood

Journal article  |  2009  |  Journal of Experimental Zoology

Uterine Expression of cp4 Gene Homolog in the Stripe-faced Dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura: Relationship With Conceptus Development and Progesterone Profile

E Menkhorst, L Selwood, S Cui

Journal article  |  2009  |  Molecular Reproduction and Development

Leukemia inhibitory factor and interleukin-11: Critical regulators in the establishment of pregnancy

Premila Paiva, Ellen Menkhorst, Lois Salamonsen, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2009  |  Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews

IL11 Antagonist Inhibits Uterine Stromal Differentiation, Causing Pregnancy Failure in Mice

Ellen Menkhorst, Lois Salamonsen, Lorraine Robb, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Journal article  |  2009  |  Biology of Reproduction

Progesterone concentration in the marsupial Sminthopsis macroura: relationship with the conceptus, uterine glandular regeneration and body weight

EM Menkhorst, LA Hinds, L Selwood

Journal article  |  2009  |  Reproduction

Vertebrate Extracellular Preovulatory and Postovulatory Egg Coats

Ellen Menkhorst, Lynne Selwood

Journal article  |  2008  |  Biology of Reproduction

Novel immunocontraceptive targets in mammals: uterine secretions and the conceptus; a marsupial approach

EM Menkhorst, S Cui, L Selwood

Journal article  |  2008  |  Reproduction

IL-11 antagonist inhibits decidual transformation resulting in pregnancy failure in mice

Ellen Menkhorst, Lois Salamonsen, Manuel Baca, Felicity Dunlop, Andrew Nash, Louis Fabri, Pierre Scotney, Evdokia Dimitriadis

Conference Proceedings  |  2008  |  Biology of Reproduction

Evolution of the shell coat and oocyte yolk; A marsupial perspective

Angela Nation, Ellen Menkhorst, Shuliong Cui, Lynne Selwood

Conference Proceedings  |  2007  |  JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Induction of ovulation and natural oestrous cycling in the Stripe-faced Dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura

E Menkhorst, N Ezard, L Selwood

Journal article  |  2007  |  Reproduction