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Angiogenesis in endometriosis and angiogenic factors
J Fujimoto1, H Sakaguchi, R Hirose
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation
|November 24, 1999
Abstract:
Among angiogenic factors, VEGF secreted from activated macrophages under the influence of ovarian steroids, IL-8 expressed in endometrial stromal cells, and basic FGF expressed in endometriotic tissue and PD-ECGF expressed in lining epithelial cells independently of the sex steroidal milieu might contribute to the characteristic advancement of angiogenic lesions in endometriosis in individual manners. Copyrightz1999S.KargerAG,Basel