Nuclear factor-kappaB: A main regulator of inflammation and cell survival in endometriosis pathophysiology

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 520-528

  González Ramos, Reinaldo ^a   Defrère, Sylvie ^b   Devoto, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; cell proliferation; endometriosis; endometrium; inflammation; iron; macrophages; nuclear factor kappaB

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IRON; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I;

APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA BINDING; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; MACROPHAGE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; IRON; NF-KAPPA B;

EID: 84865695877     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.06.021     Document Type: Review

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