Macrophages in endometriosis

Kavita Panir; M. Louise Hull; Erin Greaves

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-820661-4.00019-4

Macrophages in endometriosis

Kavita Panir, M. Louise Hull, Erin Greaves

In: Immunology of Endometriosis · 2021 · pp. 13–41 · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-820661-4.00019-4 · W4200520672

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A Novel Mouse Model of Endometriosis Mimics Human Phenotype and Reveals Insights into the Inflammatory Contribution of Shed Endometrium via openalex
Antiangiogenic Agents Are Effective Inhibitors of Endometriosis via openalex
A potential role for colony-stimulating factor 1 in the genesis of the early endometriotic lesion via openalex
Cancer-Associated Mutations in Endometriosis without Cancer via openalex
Chemokine bioactivity of RANTES in endometriotic and normal endometrial stromal cells and peritoneal fluid via openalex
Clonal Expansion and Diversification of Cancer-Associated Mutations in Endometriosis and Normal Endometrium via openalex
Co‐culture with macrophages enhances the clonogenic and invasion activity of endometriotic stromal cells via openalex
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Decreased human leukocyte antigen–DR expression in the lipid raft by peritoneal macrophages from women with endometriosis via openalex
Differential flow cytometric detection of intracellular cytokines in peripheral and peritoneal mononuclear cells of women with endometriosis via openalex
Early Endometriosis in Females Is Directed by Immune-Mediated Estrogen Receptor α and IL-6 Cross-Talk via openalex
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Expression of inflammatory cytokines in serum and peritoneal fluid from patients with different stages of endometriosis via openalex
Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its soluble receptor-1 in endometriosis via openalex
Fibrogenesis resulting from cyclic bleeding: the Holy Grail of the natural history of ectopic endometrium via openalex
Human leukocyte antigen expression by peritoneal macrophages from women with pelvic endometriosis is depressed but coordinated with costimulatory molecule expression via openalex
Hypoxia and hypoxia inducible factor-1α are required for normal endometrial repair during menstruation via openalex
Hypoxia: The force of endometriosis via openalex
Immune interactions in endometriosis via openalex
Immunohistochemical characterization of leucocyte subpopulations in endometriotic lesions via openalex
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Increased Expression of Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1 in the Endometrium of Women With Endometriosis via openalex
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Macrophages Are Alternatively Activated in Patients with Endometriosis and Required for Growth and Vascularization of Lesions in a Mouse Model of Disease via openalex
Macrophages display proinflammatory phenotypes in the eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis with relevance to an infectious etiology of the disease via openalex
Macrophages inhibit and enhance endometriosis depending on their origin via openalex
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Minimal and mild endometriosis negatively impact on pregnancy outcome via openalex
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Peritoneal endometriosis due to the menstrual dissemination of endometrial tissue into the peritoneal cavity via openalex
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[5] Anomalies in the inflammatory response in endometriosis and possible consequences: a review. via openalex

[6] A Novel Mouse Model of Endometriosis Mimics Human Phenotype and Reveals Insights into the Inflammatory Contribution of Shed Endometrium via openalex

[7] Antiangiogenic Agents Are Effective Inhibitors of Endometriosis via openalex

[8] A potential role for colony-stimulating factor 1 in the genesis of the early endometriotic lesion via openalex

[9] Cancer-Associated Mutations in Endometriosis without Cancer via openalex

[10] Chemokine bioactivity of RANTES in endometriotic and normal endometrial stromal cells and peritoneal fluid via openalex

[11] Clonal Expansion and Diversification of Cancer-Associated Mutations in Endometriosis and Normal Endometrium via openalex

[12] Co‐culture with macrophages enhances the clonogenic and invasion activity of endometriotic stromal cells via openalex

[13] Colony-stimulating factor-1 exerts direct effects on the proliferation and invasiveness of endometrial epithelial cells via openalex

[14] Comprehensive Analysis of Leukocytes, Vascularization and Matrix Metalloproteinases in Human Menstrual Xenograft Model via openalex

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[32] Hypoxia: The force of endometriosis via openalex

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[35] Immunology of endometriosis via openalex

[36] Impaired CXCL4 expression in tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) of ovarian cancers arising in endometriosis via openalex

[37] Increased Expression of Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1 in the Endometrium of Women With Endometriosis via openalex

[38] Inducible nitric oxide synthase expression by peritoneal macrophages in endometriosis-associated infertility via openalex

[39] Inhibition of transforming growth factor-beta 1 alters the growth, anchor-dependent cell aggregation and integrin mRNA expression in human promonocytes: implications for endometriosis and peritoneal adhesion formation via openalex

[40] Macrophage‐derived insulin‐like growth factor‐1 is a key neurotrophic and nerve‐sensitizing factor in pain associated with endometriosis via openalex

[41] Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Is Involved in a Positive Feedback Loop Increasing Aromatase Expression in Endometriosis via openalex

[42] Macrophages and nerve fibres in peritoneal endometriosis via openalex

[43] Macrophages Are Alternatively Activated in Patients with Endometriosis and Required for Growth and Vascularization of Lesions in a Mouse Model of Disease via openalex

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[47] Minimal and mild endometriosis negatively impact on pregnancy outcome via openalex

[48] Molecular aspects of development and regulation of endometriosis via openalex

[49] Molecular Network Analysis of Endometriosis Reveals a Role for c-Jun–Regulated Macrophage Activation via openalex

[50] Nitric oxide synthesis is increased in the endometrial tissue of women with endometriosis via openalex

[51] Peritoneal endometriosis due to the menstrual dissemination of endometrial tissue into the peritoneal cavity via openalex

[52] PPAR-γ expression in peritoneal endometriotic lesions correlates with pain experienced by patients via openalex

[53] Proangiogenic Tie2+ Macrophages Infiltrate Human and Murine Endometriotic Lesions and Dictate Their Growth in a Mouse Model of the Disease via openalex

[54] Progesterone resistance in endometriosis: origins, consequences and interventions via openalex

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[56] Retrograde menstruation in healthy women and in patients with endometriosis. via openalex

[57] Role of cytokines in endometriosis via openalex

[58] Seminal Plasma Promotes Lesion Development in a Xenograft Model of Endometriosis via openalex

[59] Spinal Glial Adaptations Occur in a Minimally Invasive Mouse Model of Endometriosis: Potential Implications for Lesion Etiology and Persistent Pelvic Pain via openalex

[60] Stimulation of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Expression in Endometrial Stromal Cells by Interleukin 1, beta Involving the Nuclear Transcription Factor NFκB1 via openalex

[61] Structural changes in endometrial basal glands during menstruation via openalex

[62] Study of tissue morphology and vascular endothelial growth factor and matrix metalloproteinase-9 gene expressions in nude mouse endometriosis model via openalex

[63] The importance of the macrophage within the human endometrium via openalex

[64] The Peritoneum Is Both a Source and Target of TGF-β in Women with Endometriosis via openalex

[65] The presence of endometrial cells in the peritoneal cavity enhances monocyte recruitment and induces inflammatory cytokines in mice: Implications for endometriosis via openalex

[66] Time to redefine endometriosis including its pro-fibrotic nature via openalex

[67] Transforming Growth Factor-β Induced Warburg-Like Metabolic Reprogramming May Underpin the Development of Peritoneal Endometriosis via openalex

[68] Tumor necrosis factor-α but not interleukin-1β or interleukin-8 concentrations correlate with angiogenic activity of peritoneal fluid from patients with minimal to mild endometriosis via openalex

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