Angiogenesis and Macrophage Activation in Endometriosis

Robert N. Taylor, R N Taylor, I P Ryan, SABELLE P. RYAN, ELLEN S. MOORE, E S Moore, Daniela Hornung, D Hornung, J L Shifren, Jan L. Shifren, J F Tseng, Jennifer F. Tseng
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 1997 · vol. 828(1) , pp. 194–207 · doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48540.x · PMID:9329840 · W2093486544
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Ectopic endometrial implants recruit capillaries and inflammatory cells by secreting proinflammatory proteins, suggesting a link between endometriosis symptoms, peritoneal inflammation, and cytokine networks.

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Recent studies suggest that the symptoms associated with endometriosis are the result of local peritoneal inflammation. Increased concentrations of activated pelvic macrophages and lymphocytes and the elevated levels of specific cytokines and growth factors reviewed above support this hypothesis. The precise roles of these soluble factors are currently unknown, but we propose that a complex network of endometrial cytokines are normally regulated by hormones produced during the ovulatory cycle. Ectopic endometrial implants also are subject to these same endocrine cues. The secretion of these proinflammatory proteins by endometriosis lesions into the peritoneal microenvironment appears to cause a recruitment of capillaries and activated inflammatory cells to the implant. Future therapeutic strategies directed to ameliorate the inflammatory reaction associated with endometriosis should not ignore the likely physiological actions of many of the same bioactive molecules in normal eutopic endometrial function.

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mesh:D004715endometriosis

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Endometriosis Endometrium Macrophage Activation Macrophages Neovascularization, Pathologic Cells, Cultured Cytokines Cytokines Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometrium Endometrium Endometrium Estradiol Estradiol Female Humans Macrophages Stromal Cells Stromal Cells

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