Lacroix-Pépin N

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus

lab-animal 2016

Augmented Angiogenic Factors Expression via FP Signaling Pathways in Peritoneal Endometriosis

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jc.2016-1569

CONTEXT: Angiogenesis is required for ectopic endometrial tissue growth. Our previous studies showed that prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) biosynthetic enzymes and receptor were markedly elevated in endometriotic lesions and that PGF2α is a potent…

lab-animal 2012

The Prostaglandin F Synthase Activity of the Human Aldose Reductase AKR1B1 Brings New Lenses to Look at Pathologic Conditions

Frontiers in pharmacology ·doi:10.3389/fphar.2012.00098

Prostaglandins are important regulators of female reproductive functions to which aldose reductases exhibiting hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity also contribute. Our work on the regulation of reproductive function by prostaglandins (PGs…