Ferroptosis induced by iron overload promotes fibrosis in ovarian endometriosis and is related to subpopulations of endometrial stromal cells

• Main Authors: Yanqin Zhang (Author), Xinyu Liu (Author), Mengqi Deng (Author), Chunyu Xu (Author), Yubo Zhang (Author), Di Wu (Author), Fan Tang (Author), Ruiye Yang (Author), Jinwei Miao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Endometriosis (EMs) is defined as the presence of tissue somewhat resembling endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterus; the retrograded endometrium grows in the peritoneal cavity and elicits fibrosis. Ferroptosis is a recently discovered form of programmed cell death, which is iron-dependent....