The Depolarized Expression of the Alpha-6 Integrin Subunit in the Endometria of Women With Endometriosis

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 292-296

  del Mar Vernet Tomás, María ^a   Tomás Pérez Ares, Carlos ^b   Verdú, Núria ^b   Teresa Fernández Figueras, María ^b   Luis Molinero, José ^b   Carreras, Ramón ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

depolarization; Endometriosis; endometrium; integrin alpha 6

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; LAMININ; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS BIOPSY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGRIN ALPHA6;

EID: 33646356206     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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