17-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-2 deficiency and progesterone resistance in endometriosis

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-50

  Bulun, Serdar E ^a   Cheng, You Hong ^a   Pavone, Mary Ellen ^a   Yin, Ping ^a   Imir, Gonca ^b   Utsunomiya, Hiroki ^c   Thung, Stephen ^d   Xue, Qing ^e   Marsh, Erica E ^a   Tokunaga, Hideki ^c   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^f   Kurita, Takeshi ^a   Su, Emily J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

17 HSD 2; Endometriosis; Endometrium; Epithelial stromal; Estradiol; HSD17B2; Paracrine; Progesterone; Receptor; Resistance; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

17BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3 (OR 17) BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3 (OR 17)-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE;

17BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2 DEFICIENCY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PELVIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STROMA CELL; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOUSE;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 76649124563     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1242992     Document Type: Review

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