Hypoxia-Induced MicroRNA-20a Expression Increases ERK Phosphorylation and Angiogenic Gene Expression in Endometriotic Stromal Cells

Abstract

Our findings provide the novel mechanism that not only functionally links together hypoxic stress, miR20a expression, aberrant ERK phosphorylation, and angiogenesis but also demonstrates that miR20a is an important modulator in the development of endometriosis.