Commentary: Somatic Stem Cells and Their Dysfunction in Endometriosis

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somatic stem cells, endometriosis, mesenchymal to epithelial transition, epithelial to mesenchymal transition, stem cell niche Citation Tampaki EC, Tampakis A, Kontzoglou K and Kouraklis G (2017) Commentary: Somatic Stem Cells and Their Dysfunction in Endometriosis. Front. Surg. 4:37. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2017.00037 Received 06 April 2017 Accepted 29 June 2017 Published 14 July 2017 Volume 4 - 2017 Edited by Christine Wyns, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium Reviewed by Salim Alfred Bassil, Al Arz Hospital, Lebanon Updates Copyright © 2017 Tampaki, Tampakis, Kontzoglou and Kouraklis. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. *Correspondence: Ekaterini Christina Tampaki, [email protected] Specialty section: This article was submitted to Obstetrics and Gynecology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Surgery Disclaimer All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.