Integrins and other cell adhesion molecules in endometrium and endometriosis

Seminars in Reproductive Endocrinology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 291-299

  Lessey, Bruce A ^a   Young, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion molecules; Endometriosis; Endometrium; Integrins; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; CADHERIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HERMES ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTEGRIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; SELECTIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UVOMORULIN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030696163     PISSN: 07348630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1068759     Document Type: Review

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