Hormonal regulation of catechol-O-methyl transferase activity in women with uterine leiomyomas
Salama, Salama A. ; Ho, Shu Leong ; Wang, Hui Qun ; Tenhunen, Jukka ; Tilgmann, Carola LU
and Al-Hendy, Ayman
(2006)
In Fertility and Sterility
86(1).
p.259-262
- Abstract
Catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) expression is higher in leiomyomas compared with paired normal myometrium. The expression of COMT in leiomyoma cells is hormonally regulated-estrogen down-regulates, whereas P and dexamethasone up-regulate, COMT expression.
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- author
- Salama, Salama A.
; Ho, Shu Leong
; Wang, Hui Qun
; Tenhunen, Jukka
; Tilgmann, Carola
LU
and Al-Hendy, Ayman
- publishing date
- 2006-07
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- in
- Fertility and Sterility
- volume
- 86
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 4 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:33745567558
- pmid:16730007
- ISSN
- 0015-0282
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.049
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
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- 698fec2d-3416-4b96-ba51-a283eaac4655
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title = {{Hormonal regulation of catechol-O-methyl transferase activity in women with uterine leiomyomas}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.049}},
doi = {{10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.049}},
volume = {{86}},
year = {{2006}},
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