Akoum A

No ORCID on file · 56 papers in corpus
other 1996
Elevated concentration and biologic activity of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 in the peritoneal fluid of patients with endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58381-2

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the concentration and the biologic activity of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) in the peritoneal fluid (PF) of women with and without endometriosis. DESIGN: A case control study was conducted. SETTING: Gyneco…

article 1996
Endometriosis: Secretion of interleukin-6 by human endometriotic cells and regulation by proinflammatory cytokines and sex steroids
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019088

Endometriosis is generally associated with an immunoinflammatory process that takes place in the peritoneal cavity of patients. Interleukin (IL)-6, a multifunctional cytokine involved in numerous immunological and proliferative processes, h…

article 1996
Increased monocyte chemotactic protein-1 level and activity in the peripheral blood of women with endometriosis
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(96)70115-1

ObjectiveOur purpose was to evaluate monocyte chemotactic protein-1 in the peripheral blood of women with and without endometriosis.Study designFifty-seven patients with endometriosis at laparoscopy done for infertility and pelvic pain were…

article 1995
Cytokine-induced secretion of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 by human endometriotic cells in culture
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(95)90578-2

ObjectiveLocal secretion of chemotactic factors could contribute to the attraction of macrophages into the peritoneal cavity of women with endometriosis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ability of endometriotic cells to pro…

article 1995
N-terminal truncated forms of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 in the peritoneal fluid of women without laparoscopic evidence of endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)57362-2

ObjectiveTo characterize and purify peritoneal mitogens able to stimulate the proliferation of human endometrial cells in vitro.DesignPeritoneal fluids (PFs) from 50 patients were collected at laparoscopy and pooled (270 mL) for purificatio…

other 1995
Secretion of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 by cytokine-stimulated endometrial cells of women with endometriosis. Le groupe d'investigation en gynécologie
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)57363-4

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate in vitro the production of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) by endometrial cells of patients with and without endometriosis. DESIGN: Primary cultures of stromal and epithelial cells isolated from human endometr…