Abnormal activation of Ras/Raf/MAPK and RhoA/ROCKII signalling pathways in eutopic endometrial stromal cells of patients with endometriosis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 885-897

  Yotova, I Y ^a   Quan, P ^a   Leditznig, N ^a   Beer, U ^a   Wenzl, R ^a   Tschugguel, W ^a  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR FRAUENHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

Author keywords

cell migration; cell proliferation; endometriosis; Ras Raf MAPK signalling; RhoA ROCKII signalling

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; B RAF KINASE; CYCLIN D1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN P27; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL;

EID: 79952838989     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der010     Document Type: Article

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