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Epigenetic aberration of gene expression in endometriosis
1 Jan 2013
Abstract excerpt
Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent inflammatory disease. In endometriotic tissues, a high-estrogen environment associated with up-regulation of the aromatase gene has been well documented. There is accumulating evidence supporting a concept that endometriosis is a disease associated with an epigenetic disorder. Epigenetics is one of the most expanding fields in the current biomedical research. The word...
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