Immunohistochemical characterization of endometriosis-associated smooth muscle cells in human peritoneal endometriotic lesions

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2721-2730

  De Arellano, Maria L Barcena ^a   Gericke, Jessica ^a   Reichelt, Uta ^a   Okuducu, Ali Fuat ^b   Ebert, Andreas D ^c   Chiantera, Vito ^a   Schneider, Achim ^a   Mechsner, Sylvia ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^c VIVANTES HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

endometriosis; Oxytocin receptor; smooth muscle actin; smooth muscle metaplasia; vasopressin receptor

Indexed keywords

CALDESMON; DESMIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS ASSOCIATED SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PERITONEUM CELL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STROMA CELL;

EID: 80052879535     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der253     Document Type: Article

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