Catherine Herrmann Lavoie

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article 2008

Involvement of nuclear factor-κB in macrophage migration inhibitory factor gene transcription up-regulation induced by interleukin-1β in ectopic endometrial cells

Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.05.017

ObjectiveTo investigate the involvement of the nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB in the interleukin (IL)-1 beta-mediated macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) gene activation.DesignProspective study.SettingHuman reproduction research labora…

article 2007

Interleukin‐1 Stimulates Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Secretion in Ectopic Endometrial Cells of Women with Endometriosis

American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/j.1600-0897.2007.00471.x

PROBLEM: Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), a potent immuno-modulatory, angiogenic and tissue remodeling factor, is markedly expressed in ectopic endometrial implants and may play key role in the capability of this tissue to grow…