Endometriosis is an Inflammatory Disease

In: Endometriosis in Clinical Practice · 2004 · pp. 119–133 · doi:10.3109/9780203319390-13 · W2483215742
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Abstract

Endometriosis is associated with changes in both cell-mediated and humoral immunity. Although the peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis contains increased numbers of immune cells, their function appears to be altered from an inhibitory to a facilitatory role. Leukocytes that would normally clear endometrial cells from the peritoneal cavity instead appear to allow their proliferation via an assortment of growth factors and cytokines.

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