Epithelial to mesenchymal transition-like and mesenchymal to epithelial transition-like processes might be involved in the pathogenesis of pelvic endometriosis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 712-721

  Matsuzaki, Sachiko ^a,b   Darcha, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

endometriosis; endometrium; epithelial to mesenchymal transition; mesenchymal to epithelial transition; pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CALVASCULIN; CYTOKERATIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOMA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; OVARY CYST; OVARY DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIC DISEASE; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84857218194     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der442     Document Type: Article

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