S Kauma

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus · active 1988

Study types

  • article 1
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
  • infertility 1
other 1988
Peritoneal macrophages from patients with endometriosis release growth factor activity in vitro
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jcem-66-5-1044

We studied the in vitro secretion of macrophage-derived growth factor (MDGF) activity by peritoneal macrophages from fertile and infertile women. Peritoneal fluid was obtained from 55 women undergoing laparoscopy for evaluation and treatmen…

article 1988
Production of fibronectin by peritoneal macrophages and concentration of fibronectin in peritoneal fluid from patients with or without endometriosis.
Obstetrics and gynecology

Fibronectin, a known growth factor for fibroblasts, is produced by alveolar macrophages from patients with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. Because peritoneal macrophages have been implicated in the disease process of endometriosis, we meas…