Increased expression of cyclooxygenase-2 in local lesions of endometriosis patients

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 50-56

  Chishima, Fumihisa ^a   Hayakawa, Satoshi ^a,b   Sugita, Kenji ^a   Kinukawa, Noriko ^a   Aleemuzzaman, Sheike ^a   Nemoto, Norimichi ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a   Honda, Mitsuo ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Competitive PCR; Cyclooxygenase 2; Endometriosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ENZYME ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN; ISOENZYME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PTGS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANT; INFORMED CONSENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEUM; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE SECTION; UTERUS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MIDDLE AGE; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES;

EID: 0036019004     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2002.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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