Three-dimensional in vitro culture of endometrial explants mimics the early stages of endometriosis

Alessandro Fasciani, Guido Bocci, Jing Xu, Ryszard Bielecki, Ellen Greenblatt, Nicholas Leyland, Robert F Casper
Fertility and Sterility · 2003 · vol. 80(5) , pp. 1137–1143 · doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(03)02164-2 · PMID:14607564 · W2026235798
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This study developed a three-dimensional in vitro culture system using endometrial explants that successfully mimics the early stages of endometriosis.

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endometriosis

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Endometriosis Endometrium Histological Techniques Cell Division Culture Techniques Endometriosis Endometrium Endometrium Endometrium Endometrium Female Humans Image Processing, Computer-Assisted Immunohistochemistry Neovascularization, Physiologic Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Time Factors Vimentin Vimentin

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