Exposure to industrially polluted water resulted in regressed endometriotic lesions and enhanced adhesion formation in a rat endometriosis model: a preliminary study.
The effects of water collected from an industrially polluted river in a rat model with surgically induced endometriosis were investigated in this preliminary study. Exposure to industrially polluted water resulted in regressed endometriotic lesions and enhanced adhesion formation.
Yesildaglar
Narter
N
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yeditepe University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Yildirim
Gazi
G
Attar
Rukset
R
Karateke
Ates
A
Ficicioglu
Cem
C
Yilmaz
Bayram
B
D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D004717:Endometrium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D007220:Industrial Waste; D010865:Pilot Projects; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000267:Tissue Adhesions; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000378:metabolism; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity*
D007220:Industrial Waste; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C467498:vascular endothelial growth factor A, rat