Altered expression of interleukin-18 in the ectopic and eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 108-117

  Luo, Qiong ^a   Ning, Weixuan ^a   Wu, Yanting ^a   Zhu, Xiaoming ^a   Jin, Fan ^a   Sheng, Jianzhong ^b   Huang, Hefeng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Endometriosis; Endometrium; Interleukin 18

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ECTOPIC ORGAN; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA CELL; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; CHORISTOMA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-18; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33750620133     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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