Yi Pan

ORCID: 0000-0002-9828-5387 · 1 paper in corpus

article 2017

Transforming growth factor beta1 from endometriomas promotes fibrosis in surrounding ovarian tissues via Smad2/3 signaling†

Biology of reproduction ·doi:10.1093/biolre/iox140

To elucidate whether the endometriotic cells of endometriomas synthesize transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1) and understand how it affects surrounding ovarian tissue. We collected biopsies of the cystic walls from 42 endometriomas …