title: [Research progress on the role of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in pathogenesis of endometriosis].
abstract: Epithelial-mesenchymal transition plays an important role in the development and progression of endometriosis. Mesenchymal-epithelial transition is involved in forming localized lesions of endometriosis, while EMT is involved in the injury, repair and fibrosis induced by local inflammation of endometriosis and the process of cell invasion and metastasis. The studies of signal transduction pathway and related proteins of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the process of endometriosis may provide new targets for diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310006, China.
authors.forename: Tianhong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310006, China. zxm20130729@163.com.
authors.forename: Xinmei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D058750:Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology