Mei‐Hwan Wu

ORCID: 0000-0002-7074-8087 · 3 papers in corpus · active 2002-2013

Study types

  • article 3

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
  • mesh:D004715 1
article 2013
Hypoxia-induced interleukin-6 expression in endometriotic stromal cells
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.794
article 2006
EL-006 Functional role of leptin on cyclooxygenase-2 expression in peritoneal macrophages of patients with endometriosis
·doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(11)60531-2
article 2002
Distinct mechanisms regulate cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 in peritoneal macrophages of women with and without endometriosis
Molecular human reproduction ·doi:10.1093/molehr/8.12.1103

Prostaglandin (PG) E2 has been shown to stimulate steroidogenesis in ectopic endometriotic stromal cells and may be involved in the development of endometriosis since this disorder is highly estrogen dependent. The biosynthesis of PGE2 is c…