Estrogen Stimulates Homing of Endothelial Progenitor Cells to Endometriotic Lesions

Jeannette Rudzitis-Auth, Jeannette Rudzitis‐Auth, Anca Nenicu, Ruth M Nickels, Michael D Menger, Matthias W Laschke
The American journal of pathology · 2016 · vol. 186(8) , pp. 2129–2142 · doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2016.04.004 · PMID:27315780 · W2440036921
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Estrogen administration promoted endothelial progenitor cells to migrate and engraft within endometriotic lesions, suggesting a role for estrogen in lesion neovascularization.

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Endometriosis Endothelial Progenitor Cells Estradiol Neovascularization, Pathologic Animals Cell Movement Cell Movement Cell Movement Disease Models, Animal Endometriosis Endothelial Progenitor Cells Endothelial Progenitor Cells Estradiol Estradiol Estradiol Estrogens Estrogens Estrogens Female Flow Cytometry

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