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[Expressions of matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 in ectopic and eutopic endometrium].
Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi
December 2004
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital in Xiamen, Fujian Xiamen 361004, China.
Objective: To study the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9(MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) in ectopic and eutopic endometrium in patients with endometriosis.
Methods: The expressions of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 in ectopic and eutopic endometrium were detected by immunohistochemistry streptavidin-biotin peroxidase (SP) method in 45 patients with endometriosis (study group) and in 32 patients with uterine fibroid (control group).
Results: In the ectopic and eutopic endometrium of group and in the control group endometrium, the expression of MMP-9 was respectively 0.