The mRNA-Binding Protein HuR is Regulated in the Menstrual Cycle and Repressed in Ectopic Endometrium
Karipcin FS, Ensari TA, Kayisli UA, Guzel E, Kallen CB, Seli E. The mRNA-Binding Protein HuR is Regulated in the Menstrual Cycle and Repressed in Ectopic Endometrium. Reproductive Sciences 2011, 18: 145-155. PMID: 20889954, PMCID: PMC3343139, DOI: 10.1177/1933719110382307.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEctopic endometriumMenstrual cycleSecretory phaseCytokine expressionHuR expressionNormal endometriumCultured endometrial stromal cellsStromal cellsEctopic endometrial cellsEctopic human endometriumMid-menstrual phaseElevated cytokine levelsEndometrial stromal cellsLate secretory phasePathogenesis of endometriosisCultured stromal cellsTumor necrosis factorMessenger RNACytokine levelsEndometrial cellsEutopic endometriumHuman endometriumNecrosis factorEndometriumEndometriosis