Prostaglandins — Endo Lab

article 1996

PGE2 and PGF2α release by human peritoneal macrophages in endometriosis

doi:10.1016/0090-6980(95)00159-x ·PMID:8900443

ObjectiveTo test for differences in the amount and activity of peritoneal macrophages present in the peritoneal fluid of women with, and without endometriosis using prostaglandin release by macrophages in culture as a marker.PatientsWomen o…

article 1994

A mid-luteal phase comparison of V76 peritoneal fluid volume and its content of PGF2α and PGE2 in women with minimal stage endometriosis and a normal pelvis

doi:10.1016/0090-6980(94)90070-1 ·PMID:8140264

The study was carried out following the approval of our Hospital Ethics Committee and an informed patient consent. Samples of peritoneal fluid were collected from the Pouch of Douglas at laparoscopy from 32 subjects with minimal stage endom…

article 1989

Peritoneal fluid eicosanoids in chronic pelvic pain

doi:10.1016/0090-6980(89)90127-5 ·PMID:2554365

Products of the cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase pathways of arachidonic acid metabolism were estimated in the cul-de-sac fluid from patients with endometriosis, pelvic adhesions and normal laparoscopic examinations, with and without chronic…

article 1979

Prostaglandin biosynthesis inhibitors and endometriosis

doi:10.1016/0090-6980(79)90033-9 ·PMID:531232

Prostaglandins (PGs) may be involved in the development of the symptoms of endometriosis. Therefore 18 patients with pelvic endometriosis were treated in placebo controlled double-blind trial with different prostaglandin biosynthesis inhibi…