Pathogenesis of Endometriosis: Role of Platelets in Endometriosis

Sun‐Wei Guo
In: Endometriosis and Adenomyosis · 2022 · pp. 43–56 · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-97236-3_4 · W4285276280
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Platelets are key responders to the cyclic tissue injury and repair cycles in endometriosis, actively promoting lesional progression and fibrosis.

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This paper reviews how cyclic bleeding in endometriotic lesions triggers a wound-like tissue repair program, focusing on the sequential phases of hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling and the role of platelets as first responders. It synthesizes evidence that repeated tissue injury and repair elicit molecular events that promote lesional progression and eventually lead to lesional fibrosis, highlighting platelet-driven signaling and fibrogenic mechanisms. The chapter’s limitation is that it is a narrative review rather than a primary study, so it does not report a single original dataset or a uniform methodology across cited findings. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it focuses on the role of platelets in endometriosis pathogenesis and progression toward fibrosis.

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