Role of estrogens in inflammatory response: Expression of estrogen receptors in peritoneal fluid macrophages from endometriosis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1069, Issue , 2006, Pages 263-267

  Capellino, Silvia ^a,c   Montagna, Paola ^a   Villaggio, Barbara ^a   Sulli, Alberto ^a   Soldano, Stefano ^a   Ferrero, Simone ^b   Remorgida, Valentino ^b   Cutolo, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Estrogen receptors; Estrogens; Macrophages; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE;

EID: 33745593029     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1351.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. LANG, T.J. 2004. Estrogen as an immunomodulator. Clin. Immunol. 113: 224-230.
2. CARRUBA, G. et al. 2003. Estrogen regulates cytokine production and apoptosis in PMA-differentiated macrophage-like U937 cells. J. Cell. Biochem. 90: 187-196.
3. MOR, G. et al. 2003. Interaction of the estrogen receptors with the Fas ligand promoter in human monocytes. J. Immunol. 170: 114-122.
4. CUTOLO, M. et al. 1995. Estrogens, the immune response and autoimmunity. Clin. Exp. Rheumatol. 13: 217-226.
5. CUTOLO, M. et al. 1996. Androgen and estrogen receptors are present in primary cultures of human synovial macrophages. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 81:820-827.
6. GIUDICE, L. & L.C. KAO. 2004. Endometriosis. Lancet 364: 1789-1799.
7. BECKER, J.L. et al. 1995. Human peritoneal macrophage and T lymphocyte populations in mild and severe endometriosis. Am. J. Reprod. Immunol. 34: 179-187.