Journal article
Three-dimensional in vitro culture of endometrial explants mimics the early stages of endometriosis
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To reproduce the earliest phases of endometriosis using a new in vitro model in which cells from a cultured endometrial fragment can proliferate, invade, reconstitute new endometrial-like tissue, and generate blood vessels.
DESIGN: Experimental in vitro study.
Authors
Fasciani A; Bocci G; Xu J; Bielecki R; Greenblatt E; Leyland N; Casper RF
Journal
Fertility and Sterility, Vol. 80, No. 5, pp. 1137–1143
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2003
DOI
10.1016/s0015-0282(03)02164-2
ISSN
0015-0282