Aberrant DNA methylation suppresses expression of estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) in ovarian endometrioma

• Main Authors: Ryo Maekawa (Author), Yumiko Mihara (Author), Shun Sato (Author), Maki Okada (Author), Isao Tamura (Author), Masahiro Shinagawa (Author), Yuichiro Shirafuta (Author), Haruka Takagi (Author), Toshiaki Taketani (Author), Hiroshi Tamura (Author), Norihiro Sugino (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In ovarian endometriomas (OE), the expression statuses of various steroid hormone receptors are altered compared with their expression statuses in eutopic endometrium (EE). For example, in OE, the expressions of estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1), which encodes ERα, and progesterone rece...