Ofra Benny

ORCID: 0000-0002-2468-5978 · 3 papers in corpus · active 2007-2011

Study types

  • article 2
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
  • mesh:D004715 2
  • infertility 1
article 2011
The American journal of pathology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2010.12.037

Endometriosis is a debilitating disease characterized by the growth of ectopic endometrial tissue. It is widely accepted that angiogenesis plays an integral part in the establishment and growth of endometriotic lesions. Recent data from a v…

other 2008
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science ·doi:10.1167/iovs.07-1640

PURPOSE: Dendritic cells (DCs) are innate immune cells that have recently been shown to support angiogenesis in tumors, endometriosis, and lymph nodes. A major cause of legal blindness is wet age-related macular degeneration (wet ARMD), whe…

article 2007
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology ·doi:10.1096/fj.07-9034com

Endometriosis affects 10-15% of women and is associated with pelvic pain and infertility. Angiogenesis plays an essential role in its pathogenesis. Dendritic cells (DCs) were recently implicated in supporting tumor angiogenesis. As both tum…