Melatonin inhibits 17β-estradiol-induced migration, invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in normal and endometriotic endometrial epithelial cells

• Main Authors: Shasha Qi (Author), Lei Yan (Author), Zhao Liu (Author), Yu-lan Mu (Author), Mingjiang Li (Author), Xingbo Zhao (Author), Zi-Jiang Chen (Author), Hui Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Melatonin is a potential therapeutic agent for endometriosis, but its molecular mechanism is unclear. Here, we investigated the effect of melatonin on the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in endometriotic endometrial epithelial cells and explored the pathway that might be...