Vasculogenesis: A new piece of the endometriosis puzzle

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 628-636

  Laschke, M W ^a   Giebels, C ^a   Menger, M D ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endometriosis; Endothelial progenitor cells; Stem cells; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1;

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIANGIOGENIC THERAPY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL; BONE MARROW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CIRCULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MEDLINE; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; MICROVASCULATURE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH;

CELL MOVEMENT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROVESSELS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; STEM CELLS;

EID: 80051947217     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmr023     Document Type: Review

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