Mana Yamamoto

ORCID: 0000-0002-1958-008X · 1 paper in corpus · active 2006

Study types

  • article 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 1
article 2006
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Expression of inducible microsomal prostaglandin E synthase in local endometriosis lesions
·doi:10.1111/j.1600-0897.2006.00383_30.x

Recently, an inducible microsomal human prostaglandin E synthase (mPGES) was identified. This enzyme converts the cyclooxygenase (COX) product prostaglandin (PG) H 2 to PGE 2 , an eicosanoid that has been linked to carcinogenesis. Increased…