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The use of retinoic acid for the treatment of endometriosis

Authors: Fabio Barra, Simone Ferrero

Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | Issue 1/2018

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We read with great interest the article of Lu et al. [1] entitled ‘Retinoic acid regulates endometriotic stromal cell growth through the upregulation of Beclin1’ published in your journal. …

Lu H, Li S, Wu Q (2018) Retinoic acid regulates endometriotic stromal cell growth through upregulation of Beclin1. Arch Gynecol Obstet 297(1):93–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-017-4549-8 CrossRefPubMed

Taylor RN, Kane MA, Sidell N (2015) Pathogenesis of endometriosis: roles of retinoids and inflammatory pathways. Semin Reprod Med 33(4):246–256. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1554920 CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Hatice O, Abdullah B, Gökhan A, Remzi A, Ozlem Bozoklu A, Mehmet Ilkay K (2012) The efficacy of bevacizumab, sorafenib, and retinoic acid on rat endometriosis model. Reprod Sci 20(1):26–32. https://doi.org/10.1177/1933719112452941 CrossRef

Wieser F, Wu J, Shen Z, Taylor RN, Sidell N (2012) Retinoic acid suppresses growth of lesions, inhibits peritoneal cytokine secretion, and promotes macrophage differentiation in an immunocompetent mouse model of endometriosis. Fertil Steril 97(6):1430–1437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.03.004 CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

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Yamagata Y, Takaki E, Shinagawa M, Okada M, Jozaki K, Lee L, Sato S, Maekawa R, Taketani T, Asada H, Tamura H, Nakai A, Sugino N (2015) Retinoic acid has the potential to suppress endometriosis development. J Ovarian Res 8:49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13048-015-0179-6 CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Tafi E, Leone Roberti Maggiore U, Alessandri F, Bogliolo S, Gardella B, Vellone VG, Grillo F, Mastracci L, Ferrero S (2015) Advances in pharmacotherapy for treating endometriosis. Expert Opin Pharmacother 16(16):2465–2483. https://doi.org/10.1517/14656566.2015.1085510 CrossRefPubMed

Title: The use of retinoic acid for the treatment of endometriosis
Authors: Fabio Barra
Simone Ferrero
Publication date: 01-07-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 0932-0067
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0711
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-018-4774-9

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