Violetta Borelli

ORCID: 0000-0002-8166-3513 · 3 papers in corpus
article 2021
Frontiers in immunology ·doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.693118

The complement system is a major component of humoral innate immunity, acting as a first line of defense against microbes via opsonization and lysis of pathogens. However, novel roles of the complement system in inflammatory and immunologic…

preprint 2020
·doi:10.1101/2020.11.19.389536

Abstract The pathophysiology of endometriosis (EM) is an excellent example of immune dysfunction, reminiscent of tumor microenvironment as well. Here, we report that an interplay between C3 and mast cells (MCs) is involved in the pathogenes…

article 2020
Frontiers in physiology ·doi:10.3389/fphys.2019.01543

Endometriosis is a local pelvic inflammatory process, frequently associated with infertility, with altered function of immune-related cells in the peritoneal environment. Mast cells are known to be key players of the immune system and have …