{"paper_id":"6d20f5d5-a200-4440-972d-b2c62cfdf962","body_text":"The Peritoneum Is Both a Source and Target of TGF-β in Women with Endometriosis\nFigure 3\nTGFB1 mRNA expression was significantly increased in the peritoneum adjacent to endometriosis lesions compared to peritoneum distal to lesions in women with endometriosis (B).\nThere was no signifianct difference in TGFB1 expression between women with and without endometriosis, nor was there a difference in expression between control and prone sites of peritoneum in women without endometriosis. There is no significant change in mRNA expression for TGFBR1, TGFBR2 and SMAD3 in all comparisons made (A, C–L). n = 35 (*p<0.05).","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}