Functional changes of immune cells: signal of immune tolerance of the ectopic lesions in endometriosis?

Renata Voltolini Velho; Nicolette Halben; Radoslav Chekerov; Jacqueline Keye; Johanna Plendl; Jalid Sehouli; Sylvia Mechsner

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2021.04.012

doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2021.04.012

Functional changes of immune cells: signal of immune tolerance of the ectopic lesions in endometriosis?

Renata Voltolini Velho

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Nicolette Halben

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..., Sylvia Mechsner

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Reproductive Biomedicine Online4.00

Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 319 - 328

Published: Aug 1, 2021

Abstract

What is the potential role of immune cells and their inflammatory cytokines in the pathogenesis, development and establishment of endometriosis?Peritoneal fluid from 59 women (43 with endometriosis and 16 controls) who had undergone laparoscopic surgery was analysed. Changes in the population of innate and adaptive immune cells, cytokines, chemokines and growth factor expression were measured by flow cytometry, Luminex Technology and...