Maurizio Cutolo
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· 4 papers in corpus
· active 2006-2012
Endometriosis is a benign, estrogen-dependent, gynecological disorder associated with pelvic pain and infertility. It affects between 10 and 47% of women undergoing surgery because of pain symptoms and/or infertility. Pain and infertility r…
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…
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…