Establishment of an immortalized human endometrial stromal cell line with functional responses to ovarian stimuli

• Main Authors: Aoki Yuko (Author), Mizuno Takakazu (Author), Kajitani Takashi (Author), Yuhki Munehiro (Author), Maruyama Tetsuo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Studies on the mechanisms of decidualization and endometriosis are often hampered by lack of primary endometrial cells. To facilitate in vitro studies, we established a human endometrial stromal cell line, KC02-44D, immortalized with human telomerase reverse tran...