Epigenetic alterations affecting transcription factors and signaling pathways in stromal cells of endometriosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Yotova, Iveta ^a,b   Hsu, Emily ^a   Do, Catherine ^a   Gaba, Aulona ^b   Sczabolcs, Matthias ^a   Dekan, Sabine ^b   Kenner, Lukas ^b,c,d   Wenzl, Rene ^b   Tycko, Benjamin ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DAPK1 PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; HAND2 PROTEIN; HOXA PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NR5A1 PROTEIN; OSR2 PROTEIN; ROR1P PROTEIN; TBX3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT5A PROTEIN; AZACITIDINE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN; CHROMATIN; DAPK1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DEATH ASSOCIATED PROTEIN KINASE; DECITABINE; JAZF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER; RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE LIKE ORPHAN RECEPTOR; ROR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC22A23 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; JAZF1 GENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTO ONCOGENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STROMA CELL; ADULT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOMETRIUM; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; AZACITIDINE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHROMATIN; DEATH-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN KINASES; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE ONTOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE-LIKE ORPHAN RECEPTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMAL CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT-5A PROTEIN;

EID: 85011006798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170859     Document Type: Article

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