Molecular evidence for differences in endometrium in severe versus mild endometriosis

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-251

  Aghajanova, Lusine ^a   Giudice, Linda C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutopic endometrium; Microarray; Mild endometriosis; Severe endometriosis; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MICRORNA; THYROID HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPIGENETICS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE CONTROL; GENE SILENCING; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 79952529570     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719110386241     Document Type: Article

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