Karina I. Carvalho

ORCID: 0000-0002-7763-8139 · 2 papers in corpus

article 2022

Invariant Natural Killer T-cells and their subtypes may play a role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis

Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) ·doi:10.1016/j.clinsp.2022.100032

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the frequencies of iNKT cells and their subsets in patients with deep endometriosis. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted between 2013 and 2015, with 73 patients distributed into two groups: 47 women with a hi…

review 2013

Chemokines in the pathogenesis of endometriosis and infertility

Journal of Reproductive Immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2013.03.003

Endometriosis is a chronic benign disease that affects women of reproductive age causing abdominal pain and infertility. Its pathogenesis remains obscure despite all the research conducted over the past 100 years. However, there is a consen…