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ArticleJournal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association2019

Role of erythropoietin and its receptor in the development of endometriosis in rats

Mehmet Yalçın Günal, Mehmet Ozansoy, Ülkan Kılıç, İlknur Keskin, Ekrem Musa Özdemir, İsmail Aslan, Zehra Eren, Cenk Ersavaş, Ertuğrul Kılıç

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Article in Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mehmet Yalçın GünalDepartment of Physiology, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University School of Medicine, Antalya, TurkeyORCID 0000-0001-7702-2441
Mehmet OzansoyDepartment of Physiology, İstanbul Medipol University School of Medicine, İstanbul, TurkeyORCID 0000-0002-1079-8832
Ülkan KılıçDepartment of Medical Biology, University of Health Sciences School of Medicine, İstanbul, TurkeyORCID 0000-0002-6895-8560
İlknur KeskinDepartment of Histology and Embryology, İstanbul Medipol University School of Medicine, İstanbul, TurkeyORCID 0000-0002-7059-1884
Ekrem Musa ÖzdemirExperimental Animal Center, İstanbul Medipol University, İstanbul, TurkeyORCID 0000-0001-9416-7757
İsmail AslanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Yeditepe University School of Pharmacy, İstanbul, TurkeyORCID 0000-0001-7075-7103
Zehra ErenDepartment of Nephrology, Yeditepe University School of Medicine, İstanbul, TurkeyORCID 0000-0003-4871-3416
Cenk ErsavaşDepartment of General Surgery, İstanbul Medipol University School of Medicine, İstanbul, TurkeyORCID 0000-0001-5134-1014
Ertuğrul KılıçDepartment of Physiology, İstanbul Medipol University School of Medicine, İstanbul, TurkeyORCID 0000-0001-6494-8923
Istanbul Medipol University · TRYeditepe University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Besides its hematopoietic function, erythropoietin (EPO) may protect tissues from degenerative disorders. As such, EPO and its receptors were revealed in nonhematopoietic cells, including stromal and endometrial epithelial cells. However, the role of EPO in endometrial disorders is still unknown. Here, we aimed to examine the role of EPO and its receptor activation in the development of endometriosis in rats. Material and Methods: Animals were treated with EPO, darbepoietin (the synthetic form of EPO) or EPO’s receptor activator, methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta (MIRCERA), after development of endometriosis. Endometriosis was induced by estrogen-administration following surgical attachment of endometrial surface on the inner abdominal wall. Treatments were started 3 weeks after induction of endometriosis and continued for the following 3 weeks. For the analysis of recurrence of endometriosis, additional analyses were conducted 3 weeks after cessation of treatments. Results: As compared with vehicle-treated animals, lesion size was reduced significantly and recurrence of endometriosis was not observed in all treatment groups. Histopathologic examination revealed that EPO and darbepoietin were more effective than MIRCERA- and vehicle-treated animals. Conclusion: Here we provide evidence that EPO is a promising candidate for the treatment of endometriosis. Our histopathologic results in particular indicate that EPO is more effective than its receptor activator MIRCERA in the development endometriosis.

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darbepoietinEndometriosiserythropoietinMIRCERAreceptor activator

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PMID29916217
PMCPMC6501872
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