Estrogen Receptor β Modulates Apoptosis Complexes and the Inflammasome to Drive the Pathogenesis of Endometriosis

Sang Jun Han, Sung Yun Jung, San‐Pin Wu, San-Pin Wu, Shannon M Hawkins, Mi Jin Park, Satoru Kyo, Jun Qin, John P Lydon, Sophia Y Tsai, Ming‐Jer Tsai, Ming-Jer Tsai, Francesco J DeMayo, Bert W O'Malley, Bert W. O’Malley
Cell · 2015 · vol. 163(4) , pp. 960–974 · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.10.034 · PMID:26544941 · W2169528901
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Estrogen receptor beta modulates apoptosis complexes and the inflammasome, contributing to the development of endometriosis.

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Endometriosis Estrogen Receptor beta Inflammasomes Menstruation Animals Apoptosis Cell Adhesion Cell Proliferation Endometriosis Endometriosis Estrogen Receptor alpha Estrogen Receptor alpha Estrogen Receptor beta Female Humans Immunologic Surveillance Inflammasomes Interleukin-1beta Interleukin-1beta Menstruation

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