Chitotriosidase levels in patients with severe endometriosis

İbrahim Alanbay, Hakan Coksuer, Hakan Çoksüer, Cihangir Mutlu Ercan, Mehmet Sakıncı, Mehmet Sakinci, Emre Karaşahin, Seyit Temel Ceyhan, Yusuf Üstün, Yusuf Ustun, Ismail Kurt, Necdet Ozbilen, Necdet Özbilen, İskender Başer, Iskender Baser
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology · 2011 · vol. 28(3) , pp. 220–223 · doi:10.3109/09513590.2011.589930 · PMID:22132778 · W2017424626
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To study the levels of chitotriosidase activity in the peritoneal fluid and the plasma of patients with severe endometriosis and control subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-five women with laparoscopically and histopathologically confirmed endometriosis (study group) and 27 control patients who had undergone laparoscopic surgery were included. Peritoneal fluid and peripheral blood were obtained from all the patients before the surgery. Chitotriosidase activities were measured. RESULTS: Analysis of chitotriosidase activity in the peritoneal fluid of patients with endometriosis showed that there was no significant difference between endometriosis and control group, respectively (32.04 ± 64.20 vs. 15.25 ± 31.17 nmol/mL/h; p > 0.05). Analysis of chitotriosidase activity in plasma of patients with endometriosis showed significantly increased levels of chitotriosidase levels compared with the control group (74.81 ± 60.54 vs. 14.10 ± 26.17; p < 0.001), respectively. CONCLUSION: We found that the activity of chitotriosidase in plasma was statistically higher in severe endometriosis patients than women without endometriosis.

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endometriosis

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Ascitic Fluid Endometriosis Hexosaminidases Hexosaminidases Adult Ascitic Fluid Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Hexosaminidases Humans Laparoscopy

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