The Hyaluronic Acid System is Intact in Menstrual Endometrial Cells in Women With and Without Endometriosis

Jennifer F Knudtson, Jessica E McLaughlin, Jessica McLaughlin, Marlen Tellez Santos, Peter A Binkley, Peter Binkley, Rajeshwar R Tekmal, Robert S Schenken
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2018 · vol. 26(1) , pp. 109–113 · doi:10.1177/1933719118766257 · PMID:29621955 · W2796336528
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This study investigated the hyaluronic acid system within menstrual endometrial cells from women with and without endometriosis, finding it to be intact in both groups.

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Cell Adhesion Molecules Endometriosis Endometrium Hyaluronan Synthases Hyaluronoglucosaminidase Cell Adhesion Molecules Endometriosis Endometrium Epithelial Cells Epithelial Cells Female GPI-Linked Proteins GPI-Linked Proteins Humans Hyaluronan Receptors Hyaluronan Receptors Hyaluronan Synthases Hyaluronoglucosaminidase Stromal Cells Stromal Cells

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