Publications and News
- Vanden Brink H, Burgert TS, Barral R, Malik A, Gadiraju M, Lujan ME. Ovarian Morphology in Girls Longitudinal Cohort Study: Pilot Evaluation of Ovarian Morphology as a Biomarker of Reproductive and Metabolic Features during the First Gynecological Year. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2024 Jun;37(3):315-322. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2024.02.004. Epub 2024 Feb 21. PMID: 38395192; PMCID: PMC11195913.
- Oldfield AL, Carter FE, Reeves RE, Jarrett BY, Vanden Brink H, Lujan ME. Impact of a hypocaloric dietary intervention on antral follicle dynamics in eumenorrheic women with obesity. Hum Reprod. 2024 Apr 3;39(4):801-811. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deae017. PMID: 38335228; PMCID: PMC10988108.
- Maitin-Shepard M, Werner EF, Feig LA, Chavarro JE, Mumford SL, Wylie B, Rando OJ, Gaskins AJ, Sakkas D, Arora M, Kudesia R, Lujan ME, Braun J, Mozaffarian D. Food, nutrition, and fertility: from soil to fork. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Feb;119(2):578-589. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.12.005. Epub 2023 Dec 13. PMID: 38101699.
- Teede HJ, Tay CT, Laven JJE, et al. Recommendations From the 2023 International Evidence-based Guideline for the Assessment and Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023;108(10):2447-2469. doi:10.1210/clinem/dgad463
- Pea J, Bryan J, Wan C, Oldfield AL, Ganga K, Carter FE, Johnson LM, Lujan ME. Ultrasonographic criteria in the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and diagnostic meta-analysis. Hum Reprod Update. 2023 Oct 6:dmad027. doi: 10.1093/humupd/dmad027. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37804097.
- Vanden Brink H, Jarrett BY, Pereira N, Spandorfer SD, Hoeger KM, Lujan ME. Diagnostic Performance of Ovarian Morphology on Ultrasonography across Anovulatory Conditions—Impact of Body Mass Index. Diagnostics. 2023;13(3):374. doi:10.3390/diagnostics13030374
- Evans AT, Vanden Brink H, Lim JS, Jarrett BY, Lin AW, Lujan ME, Hoeger K. Overnight Melatonin Concentration and Sleep Quality Are Associated with the Clinical Features of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Biomedicines. 2023 Oct 12;11(10):2763. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11102763. PMID: 37893137; PMCID: PMC10604825.
- Mousa A, Tay CT, Teede H. Technical Report for the 2023 International Evidence-Based Guideline for the Assessment and Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Monash University; 2023. doi:10.26180/23625288.v1
- Vanden Brink H & Lujan ME. Ovarian Ultrasonography in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. In: G. Kovacs, B. Fauser & R. Legros (Eds), Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (pp. 29-44). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Doi: 10.1017/9781108989831.004
- O'Neill KE, Maher JY, Laronda MM, Duncan FE, Leduc RD, Lujan ME, Oktay KH, Pouch AM, Segars JH, Tsui EL, Zelinski MB, Halvorson LM, Gomez-Lobo V. Anatomic Nomenclature and 3D Regional Model of the Human Ovary: Call for a New Paradigm. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022 Sep 30:S0002-9378(22)00795-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.09.040.
- Kazemi M, Kim JY, Wan C, Xiong JD, Michalak J, Xavier IB, Ganga K, Tay CT, Grieger JA, Parry SA, Moran LJ, Lujan ME. Comparison of dietary and physical activity behaviors in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 39 471 women. Hum Reprod Update. 2022 Nov 2;28(6):910-955. doi: 10.1093/humupd/dmac023.
- Joham AE, Piltonen T, Lujan ME, Kiconco S, Tay CT. Challenges in diagnosis and understanding of natural history of polycystic ovary syndrome. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2022 Aug;97(2):165-173. doi: 10.1111/cen.14757. Epub 2022 May 30. PMID: 35593530; PMCID: PMC9541175.
- Vanden Brink H, Nosrati A, Ortiz-Flores AE, Tam A, Jarrett BY, Johnson L, Peppin AK, Lujan ME. Reliability and Agreement of Ultrasonographic Measures of the Ovarian Stroma: Impact of Methodology. J Ultrasou Med. 2021 Dec 16. doi: 10.1002/jum.15917
- Kazemi M, Kim JY, Wan C, Xiong JD, Parry SA, Azziz R, Lujan ME. Comprehensive evaluation of disparities in cardiometabolic and reproductive risk between Hispanic and White women with polycystic ovary syndrome in the United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022 Feb;226(2):187-204.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.07.032.
- Oldfield AL, Kazemi M, Lujan ME. Impact of Obesity on Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) Levels in Women of Reproductive Age. J Clin Med. 2021 Jul 20;10(14):3192. doi: 10.3390/jcm10143192.
- Vanden Brink H, Pisch AJ, Lujan ME. A Comparison of 2D and 3D Ultrasonographic Methods for the Evaluation of Ovarian Follicle Counts and Classification of Polycystic Ovarian Morphology. Fertil Steril. 2021 Mar;115(3):761-770. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2020.09.006.
- Lin AW, Siscovick D, Sternfeld B, Schreiner P, Lewis CE, Wang ET, Merkin SS, Wellons M, Steffen L, Calderon-Margalit R, Cassano PA, Lujan ME. Associations of diet, physical activity and polycystic ovary syndrome in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Women's Study. BMC Public Health. 2021 Jan 6;21(1):35.
- Kazemi M, Kim JY, Parry SA, Azziz R, Lujan ME. Disparities in cardio-metabolic risk between Black and White women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Dec 11:S0002-9378(20)31395-8.
- Vanden Brink H, Pea J, Lujan ME. Ultrasonographic features of ovarian morphology capture nutritional and metabolic influences on the reproductive axis: implications for biomarker development in ovulatory disorders. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2020 Nov 25;70:42-47.
- Ding A, Guerin A, Lujan ME, Velez MP. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Incidental Diagnosis of Mosaic Turner Syndrome. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2021 Jun;43(6):756-759. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2020.08.020.
- Kazemi M, Thalacker-Mercer AE, Lujan ME. Response to Letter to the Editor from Smith et al: "Osteosarcopenia in Reproductive-Aged Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Multicenter Case-Control Study". J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Mar 8;106(3):e1500-e1501. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa670.
- Kazemi M, Hadi A, Pierson RA, Lujan ME, Zello GA, Chilibeck PD. Effects of dietary glycemic index and glycemic load on cardio-metabolic and reproductive profiles in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Advances in Nutrition. 2021 Jan; 12 (1): 161-178.
- Jarrett BY, Vanden Brink H, Oldfield AL, Lujan ME. Ultrasound Characterization of Disordered Antral Follicle Development in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Nov 1;105(11):e3847-61.
- Kazemi M, Jarrett BY, Vanden Brink H, Lin AW, Hoeger KM, Spandorfer SD, Lujan ME. Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Hyperandrogenism Mediate the Link between Poor Diet Quality and Ovarian Dysmorphology in Reproductive-Aged Women. Nutrients. 2020 Jun 30;12(7):1953.
- Kazemi M, Jarrett BY, Parry SA, Thalacker-Mercer AE, Hoeger KM, Spandorfer SD, Lujan ME. Osteosarcopenia in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A multicenter case-control study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Sep 1; 105 (9): e3400-e3414.
- Lin AW, Kazemi M, Jarrett BY, Vanden Brink H, Hoeger KM, Spandorfer SD, Lujan ME. Dietary and Physical Activity Behaviors in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome per the New International Evidence-Based Guideline. Nutrients. 2019 Nov 8;11(11):2711.
- Jarrett BY, Vantman N, Mergler RJ, Brooks ED, Pierson RA, Chizen DR, Lujan ME. Dysglycemia, Not Altered Sex Steroid Hormones, Affects Cognitive Function in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. J Endocr Soc. 2019 Jul 30;3(10):1858-1868. doi: 10.1210/js.2019-00112.
- Jarrett BY, Vanden Brink H, Brooks ED, Hoeger KM, Spandorfer SD, Pierson RA, Chizen DR, Lujan ME. Impact of right-left differences in ovarian morphology on the ultrasound diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome. Fertil Steril. 2019 Nov;112(5):939-946.
- Jarrett BY, Lin AW, Lujan ME. A Commentary on the New Evidence-Based Lifestyle Recommendations for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Potential Barriers to their Implementation in the United States. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2019; 119(2): 205–210
- Paprocki E, Barral RL, Vanden Brink H, Lujan M, Burgert TS. GnRH Agonist Improves Hyperandrogenism in an Adolescent Girl With an Insulin Receptor Gene Mutation. J Endocr Soc. 2019 May 7;3(6):1196-1200. doi: 10.1210/js.2019-00045. eCollection 2019 Jun 1.
- Lujan Lab member awarded CIHR Post-Doc Fellowship Award
- Your Questions Answered: International Lifestyle Recommendations for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
- A Commentary on the New Evidence-Based Lifestyle Recommendations for Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Potential Barriers to Their Implementation in the United States
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- PCOS: What's the gap in patient and physician relationship?
- Women with PCOS report 'sense of inevitability' regarding weight gain, adverse outcomes
- Researcher alters how ovarian syndrome is diagnosed
- PCOS Advocacy Day
