The role of the peritoneum in the pathogenesis of endometriosis

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 558-569

  Young, Vicky J ^a   Brown, Jeremy K ^a   Saunders, Philippa T K ^a   Horne, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Endometriosis; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Mesothelium; Peritoneum

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; P CADHERIN; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UVOMORULIN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; MESOTHELIUM; MESOTHELIUM CELL; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEUM; PERITONEUM CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ADHESION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; MESOTHELIUM; PERITONEUM;

CELL ADHESION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; PELVIS; PERITONEUM;

EID: 84882697433     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmt024     Document Type: Article

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