Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 6 , Pages 1850-1855 , December 2009

Identification of novel peptides specifically binding to endometriosis by screening phage-displaying peptide libraries

  • Chi-Chen Chang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yao-Yuan Hsieh, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Kuo Wang, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kung-Hao Hsu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Horng-Der Tsai, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Fuu-Jen Tsai, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Sheng Lin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Chih-Sheng Lin, Ph.D., Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, No.75, Po-Ai Street, Hsinchu 30068, Taiwan (FAX: 886-3-5729288).

Received 16 December 2007 ,Revised 24 August 2008 ,Accepted 3 September 2008.

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 C.-C.C. has nothing to disclose. Y.-Y.H. has nothing to disclose. Y.-K.W. has nothing to disclose. K.-H.H. has nothing to disclose. H.-D.T. has nothing to disclose. F.-J.T. has nothing to disclose. C.-S.L. has nothing to disclose.

 Drs. Chi-Chen Chang, Yao-Yuan Hsieh, and Yu-Kuo Wang have equal contributions for this survey.

PII: S0015-0282(08)03898-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.007

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 6 , Pages 1850-1855 , December 2009

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