Anomalies in the inflammatory response in endometriosis and possible consequences: A review

Minerva Endocrinologica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-92

  Khoufache, K ^a   Michaud, N ^a   Harir, N ^a   Kibangou Bondza, P ^a   Akoum, A ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Extracellular matrix; Hormones; Immunity, cellular cytokines

Indexed keywords

CD36 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR1; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR2; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; GELATINASE A; HAPTOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERLEUKIN 8 RECEPTOR; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PLATELET DERIVED ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN P40; RANTES; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHEMOKINES; CYTOKINES; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGENS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84860267030     PISSN: 03911977     EISSN: 18271634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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