Table 1.

Candidate factors implicated in the pathophysiology of endometriosis

Gene	Function	Reference(s)
17βHSD-2	Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase	Zeitoun et al 1998 (47)
BCL-2	Anti-apoptosis	Jones et al 1998 (31)
CYP19	Aromatase enzyme	Noble et al 1996 (101)
HOXA10	Transcription factor	Taylor et al 1999 (102)
IL-6	Cytokine	Harada et al 1997 (81)
KRAS	Oncogene	Dinulescu et al 2005 (30)
MMP 3,7	Matrix metalloproteinases	Bruner-Tran et al 2002 (65)
NF-KB	Transcription factor	Gonzalez-Ramos et al 2010 (103)
PGE2	Prostaglandin	Badawy et al 1984 (104)
PTEN	Tumor suppressor gene	Dinulescu et al 2005 (30)
TGF-B	Cytokine	Oosterlynck et al 1994 (61)
TNF-α	Cytokine	Eisermann et al 1988 (80)