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Endometrial nerve fibers in women with endometriosis, adenomyosis, and uterine fibroids
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To determine whether nerve fibers in the functional layer endometrium are caused by an endometriosis itself or a common symptom of pain, endometrial tissues from 30 women with endometriosis, 40 women with adenomyosis, 41 women with uterine fibroids, and 47 endometriosis women with adenomyosis were stained immunohistochemically using the highly specific polyclonal rabbit antiprotein gene product 9.5 (PGP9.5) and monoclonal mouse antineurofilament protein. We demonstrated PGP9.5-immunoactive nerve fibers in the functional layer of endometrium in women with pain symptoms, but not in women without pain symptoms, whether the women had endometriosis, adenomyosis, uterine fibroids, or endometriosis with adenomyosis, suggesting a role of PGP9.5-immunoactive nerve fibers in the functional layer of the endometrium playing in pain generation in these disorders.
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“Others report increased nerve growth in myometrium in those with pain with or without endometriosis compared with healthy women”
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“Currently, however, how endometrial nerves relate to pain specifically associated with endometriosis is unknown because nerve fibers have been found in the uterus of women with pain who do not have endometriosis”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Zhang, X., Lu, B., Huang, X., Xu, H., Zhou, C., & Lin, J.
- Affiliations
- Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Zhang, Xinmei
- Lin, Jun
- Venue
- Fertility and Sterility
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-11
- Volume
- 92
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1799-1801
- ISSN
- 0015-0282 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2079497712
- Cited by
- 110
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 10
- FWCI
- 10.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Fertility and Sterility (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Endometriosis Research and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Gynecological conditions and treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Uterine Myomas and Treatments
- Keywords
- endometriosis, adenomyosis, uterine fibroids, PGP 9.5, neurofilament proteins, pelvic pain
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Endometriosis, Endometrium, Female, Humans, Leiomyoma, Middle Aged, Nerve Fibers, Peritoneal Diseases, Retrospective Studies, Uterine Neoplasms, Pelvic Pain, Ubiquitin Thiolesterase
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