COX-2 gene promoter DNA methylation status in eutopic and ectopic endometrium of Egyptian women with endometriosis

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-67

  Zidan, Haidy E ^a   Rezk, Noha A ^a   Alnemr, Amr Abd Almohsen ^a   Abd el Ghany, Amany M ^a  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

COX 2 mRNA expression; DNA hypomethylation; Endometriosis; Epigenetics

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; CEBPB PROTEIN, HUMAN; PTGS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EGYPTIAN; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-BETA; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84947725110     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2015.06.093     Document Type: Article

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