Suggested Markers for the Diagnosis of Endometriosis

Ioannis Matalliotakis, Simon Vassiliadis, Anastasia G. Goumenou, Yvoni Fragouli, Irene Athanassakis
In: Current Women's Health Reviews · 2008 · vol. 4(1) , pp. 25–28 · doi:10.2174/157340408783572042 · W1976689485
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This paper hypothesizes that immune system regulation by cytokines influences endometriosis pathophysiology, suggesting a potential diagnostic tool bypassing surgery.

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This paper proposes a hypothesis regarding the role of immune system regulation by cytokines and other molecules in the pathophysiology of endometriosis. It suggests that specific immunologic parameters, including IL-12, IL-15, IL-18, IFN-γ, and VEGF, contribute to the disease's multifactorial nature involving anatomical, pathological, genetic, and immunological dysfunctions. The authors argue that understanding these immune conditioning mechanisms could facilitate the development of a novel diagnostic tool that bypasses the need for surgical intervention. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — specifically proposing non-surgical diagnostic markers based on immune-related cytokines.

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Endometriosis is a multifactorial and enigmatic disease since the causal clusters of conditions leading to one of the four stages of the malady comprise, but are not limited to, anatomical, pathological, genetic and immunological dysfunctions. Since the early 80s, immunologic parameters appear associated with the evolving entity of the disease influencing directly or indirectly the pathophysiology factor(s) implicated. We hereby propose a hypothesis on how regulation of the immune system by cytokines and other molecules actively participating in immune conditioning and reactions, sets the conditions for the manifestation of the disease and also how this information may lead to a novel diagnostic evaluation tool bypassing surgery. Keywords: Endometriosis, cytokines, IL-12, IL-15, IL-18, IFN-γ, VEGF
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Endometriosis is a multifactorial and enigmatic disease since the causal clusters of conditions leading to one of the four stages of the malady comprise, but are not limited to, anatomical, pathological, genetic and immunological dysfunctions. Since the early 80s, immunologic parameters appear associated with the evolving entity of the disease influencing directly or indirectly the pathophysiology factor(s) implicated. We hereby propose a hypothesis on how regulation of the immune system by cytokines and other molecules actively participating in immune conditioning and reactions, sets the conditions for the manifestation of the disease and also how this information may lead to a novel diagnostic evaluation tool bypassing surgery.

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Endometriosis, cytokines, IL-12, IL-15, IL-18, IFN-γ, VEGF 20

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