P-cadherin expression in human endometrium and endometriosis.
The objective of the present study was to detect the expression of P-cadherin in human endometrium and endometriosis and to compare this expression to that of E-cadherin. To this end immunohistochemistry with monoclonal antibodies specific for P-cadherin and E-cadherin was applied to endometrium and endometriotic lesions obtained in the early follicular phase of the menstrual cycle from 10 patients. P-cadherin was detected in epithelial cells in all ten endometrial samples and in all glandular structures of endometriotic lesions. The staining characteristics for P-cadherin and E-cadherin were similar. P-cadherin may play a role in the maintenance of the proliferative compartment of endometrium and could have a comparable function in endometriotic lesions.
van der Linden
P J
PJ
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht, The Netherlands.
de Goeij
A F
AF
Dunselman
G A
GA
Arends
J W
JW
Evers
J L
JL
D015820:Cadherins / Q000032:analysis*; D004715:Endometriosis; D004717:Endometrium / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
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