Mechanisms of excessive estrogen formation in endometriosis

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 21-33

  Bulun, Serdar E ^a   Gurates, Bilgin ^a   Fang, Zongjuan ^a   Tamura, Mitsutoshi ^a   Sebastian, Siby ^a   Zhou, Jianfeng ^a   Amin, Sanober ^a   Yang, Sijun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

17 Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2; Aromatase; Aromatase inhibitor; Cyclo oxygenase; Endometriosis; Estrogen; Estrogen biosynthesis; Estrogen metabolism; Osteoporosis; Progesterone; Prostaglandin E2; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL;

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036279982     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(01)00132-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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