OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of protein kinase C inhibition on surgically induced endometriosis in mice. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized study. SETTING: Academic facility. ANIMALS: Sixty adult female C57BJ6 mice. INTERVENTION(S): O…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate mRNA expression of aromatase and 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (17betaHSD2) in epithelial and stromal cells from eutopic and ectopic endometrium of patients with deep endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospectiv…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether genes that had been found to be differentially expressed in deep-infiltrating endometriosis and matched eutopic endometrium in our previous complementary DNA microarray study also are differentially express…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether WT1 protein expression is altered in eutopic endometrium of endometriosis patients. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Patients with endometriosis and fertile women with…