Tae‐Wook Chung

ORCID: 0000-0001-5243-5020 · 2 papers in corpus · active 2017-2018

Study types

  • article 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
  • infertility 2
article 2018
Increased α2-6 sialylation of endometrial cells contributes to the development of endometriosis
Experimental & molecular medicine ·doi:10.1038/s12276-018-0167-1

Endometriosis is a disease characterized by implants of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity and is strongly associated with infertility. Focal adhesion of endometrial tissue to the peritoneum is an indication of incipient endometr…

article 2017
Transforming growth factor β1 enhances adhesion of endometrial cells to mesothelium by regulating integrin expression
BMB reports ·doi:10.5483/bmbrep.2017.50.8.097

Endometriosis is the abnormal growth of endometrial cells outside the uterus, causing pelvic pain and infertility. Furthermore, adhesion of endometrial tissue fragments to pelvic mesothelium is required for the initial step of endometriosis…