Antônio Lúcio Teixeira

ORCID: 0000-0002-9621-5422 · 3 papers in corpus
article 2017
Plasma Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Women With Pelvic Pain: A Potential Biomarker for Endometriosis?
Biomarkers in medicine ·doi:10.2217/bmm-2016-0327

AIM: To test whether plasma BDNF levels are useful to predict the presence of endometriosis in women with pelvic pain. PATIENTS & METHODS: Prospective cross-sectional study including 67 consecutive women aged 24-49 years, scheduled for lapa…

article 2017
Tumor Necrosis Factor and its Soluble Receptors as Potential Diagnostic Markers of Endometriosis
·doi:10.5301/jeppd.5000306

Introduction Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a proinflammatory and angiogenic factor produced by activated macrophages. TNF acts through the cell membrane receptors TNFR1 and TNFR2, whose soluble forms play an important role in regulating TN…

article 2016
Prospective Evaluation of a Panel of Plasma Cytokines and Chemokines as Potential Markers of Pelvic Endometriosis in Symptomatic Women
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000443956

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease for which no accurate peripheral diagnostic marker is available. Many cytokines and chemokines have been found altered in the plasma and peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosi…