Barbara Villaggio

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus · active 2006-2008

Study types

  • article 1
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
other 2008
Peritoneal fluid macrophages in endometriosis: correlation between the expression of estrogen receptors and inflammation
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.200

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of estrogen receptors (ERs) and inflammatory cytokines in macrophages obtained from peritoneal fluid (PF) of women with endometriosis. DESIGN: Comparative immunocytochemical study. SETTING: Univers…

article 2006
Role of Estrogens in Inflammatory Response
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·doi:10.1196/annals.1351.024

Estrogens are involved in the immune response, and macrophages express estrogen receptors (ER). Moreover, macrophages are the predominant cell type in the peritoneal fluid from endometriosis patients. On this basis, the aim of our study was…