Hiroshi Sumitani

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article 2002

Spatially Heterogenous Expression of Aromatase P450 through Promoter II Is Closely Correlated with the Level of Steroidogenic Factor-1 Transcript in Endometrioma Tissues

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jcem.87.8.8733

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disease of women of reproductive age. Recent studies demonstrate that endometriosis per se express high levels of estrogen synthetase (aromatase P450). The resulting estrogen synthesized in situ may pl…