Faculty Opinions recommendation of Macrophages are alternatively activated in patients with endometriosis and required for growth and vascularization of lesions in a mouse model of disease.

In: Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · 2009 · doi:10.3410/f.1161899.624600 · W4231487315
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This study found that alternatively activated macrophages are present in endometriosis patients and essential for lesion growth and vascularization in a mouse model.

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endometriosis

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