The content of cytokines IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α, IL-4 and the level of expression in macrophages CD86 and CD163 in peritoneal fluid has a reverse correlation with the degree of severity of external genital endometriosis
Women with mild external genital endometriosis showed increased peritoneal fluid cytokines and macrophage markers, unlike those with severe disease, suggesting insufficient macrophage activity in severe cases.
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The paper measured concentrations of cytokines IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α, IL-4 (and also IL-2, IL-10, GM-CSF, IFN-γ) and assessed macrophage expression of CD86 and CD163 in peritoneal fluid from women with external genital endometriosis at different stages, compared with a control group. IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α and IL-4, along with CD86 (pro-inflammatory) and CD163 (anti-inflammatory) expression, increased in mild endometriosis (stage 1–2) but did not differ from controls in severe disease (stage 3–4), yielding a reverse correlation with severity. The remaining cytokines reported (IL-2, IL-10, GM-CSF and IFN-γ) did not show significant differences versus controls. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it relates peritoneal cytokine profiles and macrophage CD86/CD163 expression to the severity of external genital endometriosis.
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