Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9323723 Fertility and Sterility 2005 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
These findings demonstrate that IL-6 may reduce estrogen production via the MAPK signal pathway in human granulosa cells. The results may support the notion that IL-6 is related to impaired estrogen biosynthesis in patients with endometriosis.
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Reduction of estrogen production by interleukin-6 in a human granulosa tumor cell line may have implications for endometriosis-associated infertility
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