Publication Date:
2014-07-24
Description:
Article Endometriosis is a painful condition in which endometrial cells are found outside the womb. Here, the authors identify a peptide that specifically binds to a receptor expressed on endometrial epithelial cells and use it to induce apoptosis in both cultured cells and baboons with endometriosis. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms5478 Authors: K. Sugihara, Y. Kobayashi, A. Suzuki, N. Tamura, K. Motamedchaboki, C.-T. Huang, T.O. Akama, J. Pecotte, P. Frost, C. Bauer, J.B. Jimenez Jr., J. Nakayama, D. Aoki, M.N. Fukuda
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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