Genetic, epigenetic and stem cell alterations in endometriosis: New insights and potential therapeutic perspectives

Clinical Science

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-138

  Forte, Amalia ^a   Cipollaro, Marilena ^a   Galderisi, Umberto ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Epigenetics; Epithelial progenitor cell; Mesenchymal stromal cell; Microrna; Stem cell marker

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; MICRORNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CELL FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANIMALS; DNA; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HISTONES; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MICRORNAS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84885078723     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20130099     Document Type: Review

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