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ESR1 rs9340799 is associated with endometriosis-related infertility and in vitro fertilization failure.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2013
Paskulin Diego Davila, Cunha-Filho João Sabino, Paskulin Livia Davila, Souza Carlos Augusto Bastos, Ashton-Prolla Patricia
Abstract excerpt
Estrogen receptor alpha has a central role in human fertility by regulating estrogen action in all human reproductive tissues. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) expression, a cytokine critical for blastocyst implantation, is mediated by estrogen signaling, so we hypothesized that ESR1 gene polymorphisms might be candidate risk markers for endometriosis-related infertility and in vitro fertilization (IVF) failure....
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