Katherine B Zutautas

ORCID: 0000-0003-4304-1024 · 25 papers in corpus · active 2022-2026

Study types

  • preprint 8
  • peer-review 7
  • article 5
  • other 4
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 25
  • infertility 15
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 13
  • mesh:D004715 6
  • endometrioma 1
  • adenomyosis 1
review 2026
Frontiers in immunology ·doi:10.3389/fimmu.2026.1712360

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory, hormone dependent disorder that affects more than 200 million women worldwide. Immune dysfunction has emerged as one of the predominant mechanisms facilitating endometriosis lesion growth and surviva…

article 2025
·doi:10.1093/jimmun/vkaf283.1018

Abstract Description Endometriosis (EM) is an inflammatory disease driven by immune dysfunction. IL-23 is a key contributor driving IL-17-producing T-helper (Th)17 cells towards a pathogenic phenotype. IL-17 and Th17 cells are elevated and …

preprint 2025
·doi:10.1093/jimmun/vkag123

Endometriosis is an inflammatory gynecologic disease characterized by ectopic growth of endometrial-like tissue, resulting in pelvic pain and infertility. T-helper 9 (Th9) cells play a known role in various chronic inflammatory diseases. De…

article 2025
·doi:10.1093/jimmun/vkaf283.1209

Abstract Description Introduction Interleukin-33 (IL-33) driven group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) perpetuate cardinal features of endometriosis (EM)- inflammation, fibrosis, vascularization. Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) are primary so…

other 2025
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) ·doi:10.1093/jimmun/vkae021

Endometriosis is a chronic disorder in which endometrial-like tissue presents outside the uterus. Patients with endometriosis have been shown to exhibit aberrant immune responses within the lesion microenvironment and in circulation which c…

peer-review 2024
·doi:10.7554/elife.96523.2.sa0

Endometriosis (EM), characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, is the leading cause of chronic pelvic pain and infertility in females of reproductive age. Despite its high prevalence, the molecular mechanis…

peer-review 2024
·doi:10.7554/elife.96523.1.sa3

Endometriosis (EM), characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, is the leading cause of chronic pelvic pain and infertility in females of reproductive age. Despite its high prevalence, the molecular mechanis…

peer-review 2024
·doi:10.7554/elife.96523.3.sa3

Cannabinoid receptors CNR1 and CNR2 play distinct roles in endometriosis pathogenesis, potentially contributing to disease initiation and progression through differential modulation of T cell function and the lesion microenvironment.

preprint 2024
·doi:10.7554/elife.96523.2

Abstract Endometriosis (EM), characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, is the leading cause of chronic pelvic pain and infertility in females of reproductive age. Despite its high prevalence, the molecular…

preprint 2024
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-3486655/v2
preprint 2024
·doi:10.7554/elife.96523.1

Abstract Endometriosis (EM), characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, is the leading cause of chronic pelvic pain and infertility in females of reproductive age. Despite its high prevalence, the molecular…

article 2024
·doi:10.7554/elife.96523.3

Endometriosis (EM), characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, is the leading cause of chronic pelvic pain and infertility in females of reproductive age. Despite its high prevalence, the molecular mechanis…

other 2024
eLife ·doi:10.7554/eLife.96523

Endometriosis (EM), characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, is the leading cause of chronic pelvic pain and infertility in females of reproductive age. Despite its high prevalence, the molecular mechanis…

peer-review 2024
·doi:10.7554/elife.96523.1.sa1

Endometriosis (EM), characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, is the leading cause of chronic pelvic pain and infertility in females of reproductive age. Despite its high prevalence, the molecular mechanis…

peer-review 2024
·doi:10.7554/elife.96523.2.sa2

Endometriosis (EM), characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, is the leading cause of chronic pelvic pain and infertility in females of reproductive age. Despite its high prevalence, the molecular mechanis…

peer-review 2024
·doi:10.7554/elife.96523.2.sa1

Endometriosis (EM), characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, is the leading cause of chronic pelvic pain and infertility in females of reproductive age. Despite its high prevalence, the molecular mechanis…

peer-review 2024
·doi:10.7554/elife.96523.1.sa0

Endometriosis (EM), characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, is the leading cause of chronic pelvic pain and infertility in females of reproductive age. Despite its high prevalence, the molecular mechanis…

other 2024
F&S science ·doi:10.1016/j.xfss.2024.10.001

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs), which reflect organized immune cell aggregates present in non-lymphoid tissues, are consistent features of endometriosis lesions. DESIGN: Detailed histopathological analy…

other 2024
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) ·doi:10.4049/jimmunol.2400018

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease in which endometrial-like tissue grows ectopically, resulting in pelvic pain and infertility. IL-23 is a key contributor in the development and differentiation of TH17 cells, driving TH17 cell…

preprint 2024
·doi:10.1101/2024.04.18.590132

Endometriosis is a chronic disorder in which endometrial-like tissue presents outside the uterus. Patients with endometriosis have been shown to exhibit aberrant immune responses within the lesion microenvironment and in circulation which c…

preprint 2023
·doi:10.1101/2023.10.11.561929

Abstract Endometriosis (EM), characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, is the leading cause of chronic pelvic pain and infertility in females of reproductive age. Despite its high prevalence, the molecular…

preprint 2023
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-3486655/v1
preprint 2023
·doi:10.1101/2023.12.07.570652

Abstract Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease where endometrial-like tissue grows ectopically, resulting in pelvic pain and infertility. Interleukin (IL)-23 is established as a key contributor in the development and differentiati…

article 2023
Frontiers in immunology ·doi:10.3389/fimmu.2023.1089098

Endometriosis is an estrogen dominant, chronic inflammatory disease characterized by the growth of endometrial-like tissue outside of the uterus. The most common symptoms experienced by patients include manifestations of chronic pelvic pain…

article 2022
·doi:10.37349/ei.2022.00062

Endometriosis (EMS) is an inflammatory, gynaecologic disease characterized by the growth of endometrial tissues outside the uterus. With no satisfactory therapies or non-invasive diagnostics available, a shift in perspectives on EMS pathoph…