Pathogenesis of endometriosis: The role of initial infection and subsequent sterile inflammation (Review)

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-15

  Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a   Higashiura, Yumi ^a   Shigetomi, Hiroshi ^a   Kajihara, Hirotaka ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Danger signal; Endometriosis; Iron; Oxidative stress; Sterile inflammation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION; NF-KAPPA B; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 84893845465     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1755     Document Type: Article

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