Does dienogest influence the inflammatory response of endometriotic cells? A systematic review

Inflammation Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 183-192

  Grandi, Giovanni ^a,c   Mueller, Michael ^b,c   Bersinger, Nick A ^b,c   Cagnacci, Angelo ^a   Volpe, Annibale ^a   McKinnon, Brett ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemokines; Cytokines; Dienogest; Endometriosis; Growth factors; Inflammation; Progestin; Progestogen; Prostaglandin

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DIENOGEST; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MIFEPRISTONE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN E SYNTHASE 1; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN E2 SYNTHASE; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; NANDROLONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; METABOLISM; STROMA CELL;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NANDROLONE; PROSTAGLANDINS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 84958038577     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: 1420908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00011-015-0909-7     Document Type: Review

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