Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 6 , Pages 1834-1843, December 2009

Ectopic and eutopic stromal endometriotic cells have a damaged ceramide signaling pathway to apoptosis

  • Agnieszka Chrobak, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
    • Laboratory of Reproductive Immunology, Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Agnieszka Chrobak, Ph.D., Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Tamka 2, 50-137 Wrocław, Poland (FAX: 48-71-3752608).
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  • Urszula Sieradzka, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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  • Rafał Sozański, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • First Department Of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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  • Anna Chełmońska-Soyta, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Reproductive Immunology, Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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  • Marian Gabryś, Ph.D., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • First Department Of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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  • Małgorzata Jerzak, Ph.D., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland

Received 27 July 2004; received in revised form 21 August 2008; accepted 4 September 2008. published online 18 November 2008.

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 A.C. has nothing to disclose. U.S. has nothing to disclose. R.S. has nothing to disclose. A.C.-S. has nothing to disclose. M.G. has nothing to disclose. M.J. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by grant No. 2 P05E 176 22 and “POL-POSTDOC II” No. PBZ/MEiN/01/2006/23 from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Dr. Chrobak was the prize-winner of The Foundation for Polish Science for the most promising young research workers 2005 and 2006.

PII: S0015-0282(08)03945-9

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.035

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 6 , Pages 1834-1843, December 2009