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FERTILITY AND STERILITY
Volume 95, Issue 3, Pages 1171-1173Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.10.029
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Endometriosis; stem cells; oct-4; c-kit
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The objective of this study was to test the expression of the oct-4 and c-kit, both markers of stem cells, in the ectopic endometrial tissue of endometriotic lesions of women with severe endometriosis. Our findings show that ectopic epithelial cells express oct-4 and c-kit and this suggests that the ectopic endometrium in endometriosis has a stem cell origin and could explain the possible progression to ovarian cancer. (Fertil Steril (R) 2011;95:1171-3. (C) 2011 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.)
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