Suppression of macrophage activation by peritoneal fluid from patients with endometriosis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 243-248

  Takeshita, Shigeki ^a   Dobashi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Abe, Shigeru ^a   Tansho, Shigeru ^a   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^a   Okinaga, Shoichi ^a   Mori, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Macrophage; Peritoneal fluid; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ASCITIC FLUID; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CELL LINE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MONOCYTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031967344     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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