Involvement of the Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway in the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Fibrosis in Endometriosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; BETA CATENIN; CGP 049090; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRONECTIN; PKF 115 584; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL;

ACTINS; ADULT; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HETEROGRAFTS; HUMANS; PERYLENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; STROMAL CELLS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885062043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076808     Document Type: Article

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