Dr Sally Mortlock
Research Fellow/Senior Research off
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
+61 7 334 62077
Journal Articles
Rahmioglu, Nilufer, Mortlock, Sally, Ghiasi, Marzieh, Møller, Peter L., Stefansdottir, Lilja, Galarneau, Geneviève, Turman, Constance, Danning, Rebecca, Law, Matthew H., Sapkota, Yadav, Christofidou, Paraskevi, Skarp, Sini, Giri, Ayush, Banasik, Karina, Krassowski, Michal, Lepamets, Maarja, Marciniak, Błażej, Nõukas, Margit, Perro, Danielle, Sliz, Eeva, Sobalska-Kwapis, Marta, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Topbas-Selcuki, Nura F., Vitonis, Allison, Westergaard, David, Arnadottir, Ragnheidur, Burgdorf, Kristoffer S., Campbell, Archie, Cheuk, Cecilia S. K. ... The 23andMe Research Team (2023). The genetic basis of endometriosis and comorbidity with other pain and inflammatory conditions. Nature Genetics, 55 (3), 423-436. doi: 10.1038/s41588-023-01323-z
Cousins, Fiona L., McKinnon, Brett D., Mortlock, Sally, Fitzgerald, Harriet C., Zhang, Chenyu, Montgomery, Grant W. and Gargett, Caroline E. (2023). New concepts on the etiology of endometriosis. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research. doi: 10.1111/jog.15549
Bhurke, Aishwarya V., DasMahapatra, Pramathes, Balakrishnan, Sheila, Khan, Shagufta A., Mortlock, Sally, Das, Vinita, Chellamma, Nirmala, Cheruvara Vadakkathil, Sowmini, Srivastava, Aarti, Majumdar, Amiya, Pasi, Achhelal, Sachdeva, Geetanjali, Montgomery, Grant W. and Gajbhiye, Rahul K. (2022). Clinical characteristics and surgical management of endometriosis‐associated infertility: A multicenter prospective cohort study. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 159 (1), 86-96. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.14115
Tanaka, Keisuke, Gilroy, Deborah, Subramaniam, Sugarniya, Lakshmi, Preethi, Bhadravathi Lokeshappa, Madhura, Wallace, Leanne M., Atluri, Sharat, Schmidt, Bart, Ganter, Peter, Baartz, David, Smith, Matthew, Mortlock, Sally, Henders, Anjali, Khalil, Akram, Montgomery, Grant, McKinnon, Brett and Amoako, Akwasi (2022). Protocol for the Endometriosis Research Queensland Study (ERQS): an integrated cohort study approach to improve diagnosis and stratify treatment. BMJ Open, 12 (10) e064073, 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064073
Gallagher, C. S., Mäkinen, N., Harris, H. R., Rahmioglu, N., Uimari, O., Cook, J. P., Shigesi, N., Ferreira, T., Velez-Edwards, D. R., Edwards, T. L., Mortlock, S., Ruhioglu, Z., Day, F., Becker, C. M., Karhunen, V., Martikainen, H., Järvelin, M.-R., Cantor, R. M., Ridker, P. M., Terry, K. L., Buring, J. E., Gordon, S. D., Medland, S. E., Montgomery, G. W., Nyholt, D. R., Hinds, D. A., Tung, J. Y., Agee, Michelle, Alipanahi, Babak ... the 23andMe Research Team (2022). Author correction: Genome-wide association and epidemiological analyses reveal common genetic origins between uterine leiomyomata and endometriosis. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 5543, 5543. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33222-y
Mortlock, Sally, Lord, Anton, Montgomery, Grant, Zakrzewski, Martha, Simms, Lisa A, Krishnaprasad, Krupa, Hanigan, Katherine, Doecke, James D, Walsh, Alissa, Lawrance, Ian C, Bampton, Peter A, Andrews, Jane M, Mahy, Gillian, Connor, Susan J, Sparrow, Miles P, Bell, Sally, Florin, Timothy H, Begun, Jakob, Gearry, Richard B and Radford-Smith, Graham L (2022). An extremes of phenotype approach confirms significant genetic heterogeneity in patients with ulcerative colitis. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, 17 (2), 277-288. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjac121
McKinnon, Brett D., Lukowski, Samuel W., Mortlock, Sally, Crawford, Joanna, Atluri, Sharat, Subramaniam, Sugarniya, Johnston, Rebecca L., Nirgianakis, Konstantinos, Tanaka, Keisuke, Amoako, Akwasi, Mueller, Michael D. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2022). Altered differentiation of endometrial mesenchymal stromal fibroblasts is associated with endometriosis susceptibility. Communications Biology, 5 (1) 600, 600. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03541-3
Tanaka, Keisuke, Amoako, Akwasi A., Mortlock, Sally, Rogers, Peter A. W., Holdsworth-Carson, Sarah J., Donoghue, Jacqueline F., Teh, Wan Tinn, Montgomery, Grant W. and McKinnon, Brett (2022). Gene expression of the endocannabinoid system in endometrium through menstrual cycle. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 9400, 9400. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-13488-4
Mortlock, Sally, Corona, Rosario I., Kho, Pik Fang, Pharoah, Paul, Seo, Ji-Heui, Freedman, Matthew L., Gayther, Simon A., Siedhoff, Matthew T., Rogers, Peter A.W., Leuchter, Ronald, Walsh, Christine S., Cass, Ilana, Karlan, Beth Y., Rimel, B.J., Montgomery, Grant W., Lawrenson, Kate and Kar, Siddhartha P. (2022). A multi-level investigation of the genetic relationship between endometriosis and ovarian cancer histotypes. Cell Reports Medicine, 3 (3) 100542, 100542. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100542
Filby, Caitlin E., Wyatt, Katherine A., Mortlock, Sally, Cousins, Fiona L., McKinnon, Brett, Tyson, Kate E., Montgomery, Grant W. and Gargett, Caroline E. (2021). Comparison of organoids from menstrual fluid and hormone-treated endometrium: novel tools for gynecological research. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 11 (12) 1314. doi: 10.3390/jpm11121314
Kho, Pik Fang, Mortlock, Sally, Endometrial Cancer Association Consortium , International Endometriosis Genetics Consortium, Rogers, Peter A. W., Nyholt, Dale R., Montgomery, Grant W., Spurdle, Amanda B., Glubb, Dylan M. and O'Mara, Tracy A. (2021). Genetic analyses of gynecological disease identify genetic relationships between uterine fibroids and endometrial cancer, and a novel endometrial cancer genetic risk region at the WNT4 1p36.12 locus. Human Genetics, 140 (9), 1353-1365. doi: 10.1007/s00439-021-02312-0
Yang, Fei, Mortlock, Sally, MacGregor, Stuart, Iles, Mark M., Landi, Maria Teresa, Shi, Jianxin, Law, Matthew H., Montgomery, Grant W. and on behalf of The International Endometriosis Genetics Consortium (2021). Genetic Relationship Between Endometriosis and Melanoma. Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 3 711123, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/frph.2021.711123
McGrath, Isabelle M., Mortlock, Sally and Montgomery, Grant W. (2021). Genetic regulation of physiological reproductive lifespan and female fertility. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22 (5) 2556, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/ijms22052556
Holdsworth-Carson, Sarah J., Churchill, Molly, Donoghue, Jacqueline F., Mortlock, Sally, Fung, Jenny N., Sloggett, Clare, Chung, Jessica, Cann, Leonie, Teh, Wan Tinn, Campbell, Katie-Rose, Luwor, Rodney, Healey, Martin, Montgomery, Grant, Girling, Jane E. and Rogers, Peter A. W. (2021). Elucidating the role of long intergenic non-coding RNA 339 in human endometrium and endometriosis. Molecular Human Reproduction, 27 (3). doi: 10.1093/molehr/gaab010
Mortlock, Sally, McKinnon, Brett and Montgomery, Grant W. (2021). Genetic Regulation of Transcription in the Endometrium in Health and Disease. Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 3 795464. doi: 10.3389/frph.2021.795464
Marla, S., Mortlock, S., Houshdaran, S., Fung, J., McKinnon, B., Holdsworth-Carson, S. J., Girling, J. E., Rogers, P. A. W., Giudice, L. C. and Montgomery, G. W. (2021). Genetic risk factors for endometriosis near estrogen receptor 1 and coexpression of genes in this region in endometrium. Molecular Human Reproduction, 27 (1) gaaa082. doi: 10.1093/molehr/gaaa082
Montgomery, Grant W., Mortlock, Sally and Giudice, Linda C. (2020). Author's reply. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, 27 (6), 1427. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2020.04.021
Mortlock, Sally, Kendarsari, Raden I., Fung, Jenny N., Gibson, Greg, Yang, Fei, Restuadi, Restuadi, Girling, Jane E., Holdsworth-Carson, Sarah J., Teh, Wan Tinn, Lukowski, Samuel W., Healey, Martin, Qi, Ting, Rogers, Peter A. W., Yang, Jian, McKinnon, Brett and Montgomery, Grant W. (2020). Tissue specific regulation of transcription in endometrium and association with disease. Human Reproduction, 35 (2), 377-393. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dez279
Holdsworth-Carson, Sarah J, Chung, Jessica, Sloggett, Clare, Mortlock, Sally, Fung, Jenny N., Montgomery, Grant W., Dior, Uri P., Healey, Martin, Rogers, Peter A.W. and Girling, Jane E. (2020). Obesity does not alter endometrial gene expression in women with endometriosis. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 41 (1), 113-118. doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2020.03.015
Tanaka, Keisuke, Mayne, Leah, Khalil, Akram, Baartz, David, Eriksson, Lars, Mortlock, Sally-Anne, Montgomery, Grant, McKinnon, Brett and Amoako, Akwasi A. (2020). The role of the endocannabinoid system in aetiopathogenesis of endometriosis: a potential therapeutic target. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 244, 87-94. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2019.11.012
Xu, Jun, Falconer, Caitlin, Nguyen, Quan, Crawford, Joanna, McKinnon, Brett D., Mortlock, Sally, Senabouth, Anne, Andersen, Stacey, Chiu, Han Sheng, Jiang, Longda, Palpant, Nathan J., Yang, Jian, Mueller, Michael D., Hewitt, Alex W., Pébay, Alice, Montgomery, Grant W., Powell, Joseph E. and Coin, Lachlan J. M. (2019). Genotype-free demultiplexing of pooled single-cell RNA-seq. Genome Biology, 20 (1) 290, 290. doi: 10.1186/s13059-019-1852-7
Montgomery, Grant W., Mortlock, Sally and Giudice, Linda C. (2019). Should genetics now be considered the pre-eminent etiologic factor in endometriosis?. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, 27 (2), 280-286. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2019.10.020
Gallagher, C. S., Mäkinen, N., Harris, H. R., Rahmioglu, N., Uimari, O., Cook, J. P., Shigesi, N., Ferreira, T., Velez-Edwards, D. R., Edwards, T. L., Mortlock, S., Ruhioglu, Z., Day, F., Becker, C. M., Karhunen, V., Martikainen, H., Järvelin, M.-R., Cantor, R. M., Ridker, P. M., Terry, K. L., Buring, J. E., Gordon, S. D., Medland, S. E., Montgomery, G. W., Nyholt, D. R., Hinds, D. A., Tung, J. Y., Perry, J. R. B., Lind, P. A. ... Morton, C. C. (2019). Genome-wide association and epidemiological analyses reveal common genetic origins between uterine leiomyomata and endometriosis. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 4857, 4857. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12536-4
Soh, Pamela Xing Yi, Marin Cely, Juliana Maria, Mortlock, Sally-Anne, Jara, Christopher James, Booth, Rachel, Natera, Siria, Roessner, Ute, Crossett, Ben, Cordwell, Stuart, Singh Khatkar, Mehar and Williamson, Peter (2019). Genome-wide association studies of 74 plasma metabolites of German shepherd dogs reveal two metabolites associated with genes encoding their enzymes. Metabolomics, 15 (9) 123, 123. doi: 10.1007/s11306-019-1586-2
Mortlock, Sally, Restuadi, Restuadi, Levien, Rupert, Girling, Jane E., Holdsworth-Carson, Sarah J., Healey, Martin, Zhu, Zhihong, Qi, Ting, Wu, Yang, Lukowski, Samuel W., Rogers, Peter A. W., Yang, Jian, McRae, Allan F., Fung, Jenny N. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2019). Genetic regulation of methylation in human endometrium and blood and gene targets for reproductive diseases. Clinical Epigenetics, 11 (1) 49, 49. doi: 10.1186/s13148-019-0648-7
Mortlock, S.-A., Williamson, P. and Khatkar, M. S. (2019). Copy number variation and variant discovery in Bullmastiff dogs. Animal Genetics, 50 (2) age.12754, 177-181. doi: 10.1111/age.12754
Holdsworth-Carson, S. J., Colgrave, E. M., Donoghue, J. F., Fung, J. N., Churchill, M. L., Mortlock, S., Paiva, P., Healey, M., Montgomery, G. W., Girling, J. E. and Rogers, P. A. W. (2019). Generation of immortalized human endometrial stromal cell lines with different endometriosis risk genotypes. MHR: Basic science of reproductive medicine, 25 (4), 194-205. doi: 10.1093/molehr/gaz006
Fung, Jenny N., Mortlock, Sally, Girling, Jane E., Holdsworth-Carson, Sarah J., Teh, Wan Tinn, Zhu, Zhihong, Lukowski, Samuel W., McKinnon, Brett D., McRae, Allan, Yang, Jian, Healey, Martin, Powell, Joseph E., Rogers, Peter A. W. and Montgomery, Grant W (2018). Genetic regulation of disease risk and endometrial gene expression highlights potential target genes for endometriosis and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 11424, 11424. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29462-y
Gajbhiye, Rahul, McKinnon, Brett, Mortlock, Sally, Mueller, Michael and Montgomery, Grant (2018). Genetic Variation at Chromosome 2q13 and Its Potential Influence on Endometriosis Susceptibility Through Effects on the IL-1 Family. Reproductive Sciences, 25 (9), 1933719118768688-1317. doi: 10.1177/1933719118768688
Mortlock, Sally-Anne, Booth, Rachel, Mazrier, Hamutal, Khatkar, Mehar S. and Williamson, Peter (2016). Visualization of genome diversity in german shepherd dogs. Bioinformatics and Biology Insights, 9, 37-42. doi: 10.4137/BBI.S30524
Mortlock, Sally-Anne, Khatkar, Mehar S. and Williamson, Peter (2016). Comparative analysis of genome diversity in bullmastiff dogs. PLoS One, 11 (1) e0147941, e0147941. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147941
Mortlock, Sally-Anne, Wei, Jerry and Williamson, Peter (2015). T-cell activation and early gene response in dogs. PLoS One, 10 (3) e0121169, e0121169. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121169
Daly, Julie-Anne, Mortlock, Sally-Anne, Taylor, Rosanne M. and Williamson, Peter (2015). Cluster Analysis of Tumor Suppressor Genes in Canine Leukocytes Identifies Activation State. Bioinformatics and Biology Insights, 9 (S2), 59-67. doi: 10.4137/BBI.S30523
Conference Papers
Mortlock, Sally, Lawrenson, Kate, Gayther, Simon, Macgregor, Stuart, Pharoah, Paul, Montgomery, Grant and Kar, Siddhartha (2020). Genetic Relationship Between Endometriosis and Ovarian Cancer Subtypes. 67th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society-for-Reproductive-Investigation (SRI), Vancouver, Canada, 10-14 March 2020. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
Mortlock, Sally, Fung, Jenny N., Girling, Jane E., Holdsworth-Carson, Sarah J., Healey, Martin, Lukowski, Samuel W., McKinnon, Brett D., Yang, Jian, McRae, Allan, Rogers, Peter A. W. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2019). Identifying Target Genes for Endometriosis through Integration of Genetic Effects on Transcription and Methylation in Human Endometrium. 66th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI), Paris, France, 12-16 March 2019. Thousand Oaks, CA, United States: Sage.
Fung, Jenny N., Mortlock, Sally, Girling, Jane E., Holdsworth-Carson, Sarah J., Teh, Wan Tinn, Healey, Martin, Rogers, Peter A. W. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2018). Dynamic changes in gene regulation in human endometrium. 65th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI), San Diego CA, United States, 6-10 March 2018. Thousand Oaks, CA United States: Sage Publications.