Given the involvement of different extracellular matrix (ECM) metalloproteinases (MMPs) in endometriosis, the protein expression pattern of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3 (TIMP3) was analyzed in this study in endometriosis and norm…
OBJECTIVE: Kisspeptins are multifunctional peptides; it has been shown that they act as inhibitors of tumor metastasis in a range of cancers and that they are also involved in cell invasion through regulation of matrix metalloproteinases (M…
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the expression pattern of metastasis suppressors KAI1 and KISS1 in the endometrium of patients with and without endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: In this pilot study, tissue samples were prospectively collected from 38 pat…
BACKGROUND: A possible etiological association between endometriosis and ovarian cancer has been repeatedly reported in the literature. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to evaluate published epidemiological data on this issue. REVIEW METHODS: We co…