Endometriosis is an inflammation-dependent gynecologic disorder. Increased cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression plays an important role in the development and progression of endometriosis. Lipoxin A4 (LXA4) is an endogenous anti-inflammation…
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contain 209 congeners with various structure-activities. Exposure to PCBs was related to disorders of female reproduction. Endometriosis (EM) is an estrogen- and inflammation-dependent disease with high prev…
ObjectiveTo study the role of lipoxin A4 (LXA4) in endometriosis.DesignMolecular analysis in human samples and primary human endometriotic stromal cells (ESCs).SettingUniversity hospital.Patient(s)Forty-nine premenopausal women (30 patients…
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Lipoxins can function as endogenous 'breaking signals' in inflammation and play important roles in the progression of endometriosis. In this study, we further investigated the molecular mechanism by which lipoxin A4 …