Aude Béliard

L’endometriose se definit par la presence de tissu endometrial (glandes et stroma) en dehors de la cavite uterine. Il s’agit d’une pathologie benigne touchant 3% de la population generale et environ 10% des femmes en âge de procreer (1). So…

Endometriosis is usually described as a complex multifactorial disease involving dysregulation of estrogen metabolism, inflammatory and immunological mechanisms. Recently, many authors have questioned the environmental pollution and toxins …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether endometriosis could be related to an impaired balance between apoptosis and proliferation, two processes which could be modulated by hormonal status. DESIGN: Immunohistochemical study. SETTING: Academic rese…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate, in a new original in vitro assay, putative factors that could modulate the adhesion of endometrial cells to peritoneum. DESIGN: Prospective, controlled in vitro study. SETTING: Academic research laboratory. PATIEN…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of different cellular types (epithelial and stromal endometrial cells and peritoneal cells) in the ectopic implantation of endometrium and to evaluate the importance of endocrine environment on the adhesio…

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ObjectiveTo compare the localization of adhesion proteins (laminin and fibronectin) and their receptors of the integrin family in endometriosis and endometrium.DesignAn immunohistochemical study.SettingUniversity Hospital, Department of Gyn…