Endometriosis, a disease in which endometrial tissue proliferates outside the uterus, is a progressive disease that affects women in reproductive age. It causes abdominal pain and infertility that severely affects the quality of life in you…
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a known cause of infertility. Differences in immune tolerance caused by regulatory T cells (Tregs) and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) are thought to be involved in the pathology of endometriosis. Evidence …
CONTEXT: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with altered immune response to endometrial cells facilitating the implantation and proliferation of ectopic endometrial tissues. Although regulatory T (Treg) cells play a …
The predictive value of the morphology of the cumulus--oocyte complex (COC) has not yet been explored as a possible factor contributing to the success of human in-vitro maturation (IVM). In the present study, development-supporting competen…
PROBLEM: To determine whether infertile patients with endometriosis have serum antiendometrial antibodies. METHODS: Sera from 40 infertile patients with or without endometriosis were tested by cell enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)…
The complete clinical course of a case of ovarian clear cell carcinoma expressing luteinizing hormone (LH)/human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) receptor arising from endometriosis in a pregnant woman is presented. A 31-year-old woman visited …
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of messenger RNA (mRNA) for gonadal steroid hormone receptors in the human pelvic peritoneum. DESIGN: Analysis of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and androgen receptor (AR) mRNA …
A total of 206 nongravid patients with various gynecologic problems underwent pelvic magnetic resonance (MR) examinations that included both sagittal T2-weighted and contrast agent-enhanced T1-weighted images. MR images were retrospectively…
OBJECTIVE: We determined the effect of sera from patients who have endometriosis on natural killer cell activity. STUDY DESIGN: The natural killer cell activity of lymphocytes from healthy volunteers was examined after incubation with sera…
To determine whether myometrial smooth muscle is newly produced at the endometrio-myometrial junction (EMJ) of the adult uterus, we examined the ultrastructure of mesenchymal components at this site during the menstrual cycle and during ear…
Serum level of CA-125 was monitored up to 48 hours after injection of 125 mg P-in-oil into patients with or without endometriosis in the follicular phase of their menstrual cycle. Circulating CA-125 levels remained unchanged at around 5 U/m…