Noriko Kinukawa

No ORCID on file · 1 paper in corpus · active 2002

Study types

  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 1
other 2002
Increased expression of cyclooxygenase-2 in local lesions of endometriosis patients
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1034/j.1600-0897.2002.01101.x

PROBLEM: Human endometrial glands contain the highest levels of cyclooxygenase (COX), although whether it is COX-1 and/or COX-2 has not been previously determined. Overexpression of COX-2 may result in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. ME…