Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effect of oral treatment with ketotifen, a mast cell (MC) stabilizer, in a rat model of surgically induced endometriosis. Methods: At 14 days after Sprague–Dawley rats had surgery, they were trea…
Tian-Hong Zhu,1 Gen Zou,1 Shao-Jie Ding,1 Tian-Tian Li,1 Li-Bo Zhu,1 Jian-Zhang Wang,1 Yong-Xing Yao,2 Xin-Mei Zhang11Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Repu…
Abstract Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disease. Previous research has shown that abnormal enzymes associated with estrogen (E2) metabolism and an increased number of mast cells (MCs) in endometriomas are implicated in the pathogene…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of mast cells in the pathogenesis of estrogen-mediated experimental endometriosis in rats. METHODS: Endometriosis model was established by transplanting autologous fragments of uterus to the inner surface …
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of sodium cromoglycate on experimental endometriosis in rats. METHODS: Endometriosis model was established in 36 unpregnant female SD rats by transplanting autologous fragments of endometrium to the inne…