associate professor of medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colo
Reviewed by Jaime Almandoz, MD, MBA, FTOS, and Tracy Zvenyach, PhD, MS, RN
Because uterine fibroid cells have a large extracellular matrix (the network of macromolecules and minerals in tissues that support, but are not part of, cells) compared to normal cells, researchers designed their experiments to see if treatment of cells with EGCG affects protein expression associated with this matrix
Related research materials include the sibling melanocortin peptides Melanotan 2 and PT-141
These types of reactions often look like small red spots or a mild heat-like rash and usually subside as the body finds its new balance
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