Exposure to industrially polluted water resulted in regressed endometriotic lesions and enhanced adhesion formation in a rat endometriosis model: a preliminary study

Narter Yesildaglar; Gazi Yildirim; Rukset Attar; Ates Karateke; Cem Ficicioglu; Bayram Yilmaz

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.028

Exposure to industrially polluted water resulted in regressed endometriotic lesions and enhanced adhesion formation in a rat endometriosis model: a preliminary study

Fertil Steril. 2010 Mar 15;93(5):1722-4. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.028. Epub 2009 Nov 6.

Authors

Narter Yesildaglar¹, Gazi Yildirim, Rukset Attar, Ates Karateke, Cem Ficicioglu, Bayram Yilmaz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yeditepe University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

PMID: 19896653
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.028

Abstract

The effects of water collected from an industrially polluted river in a rat model with surgically induced endometriosis were investigated in this preliminary study. Exposure to industrially polluted water resulted in regressed endometriotic lesions and enhanced adhesion formation.

MeSH terms

Animals
Disease Models, Animal
Endometriosis / etiology*
Endometriosis / metabolism
Endometriosis / pathology
Endometrium / drug effects*
Endometrium / metabolism
Endometrium / pathology
Female
Industrial Waste*
Pilot Projects
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Tissue Adhesions
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / metabolism
Water Pollutants, Chemical / toxicity*

Substances

Industrial Waste
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
Water Pollutants, Chemical
vascular endothelial growth factor A, rat