M Goluda

INTRODUCTION: Vitamin D-binding protein (also called DBP or Gc-globulin) is recognized as a multifunctional protein involved in the action scavenger system, the transport of vitamin D sterols, and the modulation of immune and inflammatory r…

Endometriosis, a disease of unclear etiopathogenesis, is a quite common problem in gynecology. It is thought that the retrograde flow of the menstrual debris to the peritoneal cavity plays an important role in the origin of endometriosis bu…

The case report of the very rare, extraperitoneal endometriosis in the inguinal localisation in 40-year-old woman. Clinical diagnosis was confirmed by histological examination of the removed endometriotic focus. The main patient's complain …

Unexplained infertility is an important problem in diagnosis and therapy in everyday gynecologist's practice. Looking for possible reasons of the unexplained infertility we studied the concentrations of selected cytokines (VEGF, TNF-alpha a…

Concentrations of receptors of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I-R), epithelial growth factor (EGF-R), oestrogen (ER), and progesterone (PR) in the adenomyosis foci, endometrium and myometrium of women during the menstrual cycle were stud…

We examined peritoneal fluid obtained during laparoscopy in the aspect of its influence on cytotoxic activity of NK cells. We showed significant suppression of this activity in women with unexplained infertility. The suppression of NK activ…

It is commonly known that retrograde transport of exfoliative fragments of endometrium to peritoneal cavity during the menstruation is an important factor of the ethiopathogenesis of endometriosis. The mechanism of inplantation of endometri…