Chapter 1 1.1 Chapter 1 13.2.2Ce// actf?es/on mo/eci//es Adhesive properties of endometrial cells determine the process of attachment of retrogradely shed endometrium to the peritoneal lining.Several cell adhesion molecules are expressed by…
To examine the relationship between uterine leiomyoma, an estrogen-dependent tumor and its estrogen receptor, the relative amounts of wild type estrogen receptor (WT) mRNA and exon 5 deleted estrogen receptor variant (D5-ER) mRNA to G3PDH m…
To determine whether local estrogen production takes place in endometriotic or adenomyotic tissues, in eutopic endometrium from patients with endometriosis or adenomyosis, and in normal endometrium, tissue specimens were examined by immunoh…
Ovariectomy at 1 month of age promotes development of hepatocellular adenomatous nodules in female C57BL/6 x DS-F1 mice treated neonatally with 3'-methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobenzene (3'-Me-DAB). Implantation of oestradiol-17 beta (E2) pellets…
Twenty-one human ovarian epithelial carcinomas (13 serous, 3 mucinous, 2 endometrioid and 3 clear cell type) were examined for allelic losses of p53 tumor suppressor gene, pYNZ22 or pTHH59 on chromosome 17. High-molecular-weight DNA was ext…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate steroidogenesis in eutopic and ectopic endometrial tissues in adenomyosis. STUDY DESIGN: Aromatase and estrone sulfatase activities were determined by anion-exchange resin column chromatography, thin-layer chromat…
The development of human uterine estrogen-dependent tumors is considered to be closely related to estrogen biosynthesis. This study examined whether or not 14 alpha-hydroxy-4-androstene-3,6,17-trione (14 alpha-OHAT), a new 4-androstene-3, 1…
Estrogen biosynthesis (aromatase activity) was investigated in human adenomyosis tissue and compared with that of the normal myometrium, endometrium, and endometrial cancer tissues. Homogenates were incubated with [1,2,6,7-3H]androstenedion…