Cell cultures isolated from endometriosis lesions by enzymatic dissociation consisted of fibroblast-like cells expressing CD90, CD73, and CD105; cell viability in these cultures was >90%, but this parameter decreased by passage 3. Zero pass…
Preeclampsia (PE) is a multisystem pathologic state that clinically manifests itself after the 20th week of pregnancy. It is characterized by high maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. According to modern concepts, the impairment …
The content of some cytokines in the peritoneal fluid and the level of their in vitro production by peritoneal macrophages and lymphocytes were evaluated in women with external endometriosis. The ratio of peritoneal lymphocytes and macropha…
The paper presents the results of studies of the role of immune factors in the pathogenesis of infertility, impaired gestation, and perinatal abnormalities, which have been performed at the Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Per…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of sera and peritoneal fluids (PFs) from fertile and infertile women on the binding of antisperm antibodies to the surface of spermatozoa. DESIGN: The immunoglobulin (Ig) G antisperm antibodies bindi…
The paper reports the results of danazol action in vivo and in vitro on 5'-nucleotidase activity of mouse peritoneal macrophages. The results showed, that danazol at a concentration of 10 M (the pharmacologic level in women taking 600 mg/da…
Immunoregulatory lymphocytes of SD2-, SD4-, SD8- and SD2-phenotypes have been assayed using monoclonal antibodies in peripheral blood of infertile women with external genital endometriosis and tubal-peritoneal infertility. The tested cells …