Ultrastructural changes in uterine myometrium of mice with experimentally-induced adenomyosis.
Ectopic pituitary transplantation induced a high incidence of adenomyosis in SHN mice. Early signs of the development of adenomyosis were the penetration of stromal connective tissue into myometrium followed by uterine gland invasion. Associated with these changes, the inner layer of myometrium showed the involution of smooth muscle cells and distended intercellular spaces.
D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009215:Myometrium / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000637:transplantation; D011388:Prolactin / Q000502:physiology; D014599:Uterus; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000648:ultrastructure
D011388:Prolactin