Immunology of Endometriosis; a Systematic Review

N. Roumandeh, A.T. Saremi, Ahad Zare
In: Sarem Journal of Reproductive Medicine · 2019 · vol. 3(4) , pp. 25–31 · doi:10.29252/sjrm.3.4.25 · W2928078041
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This review synthesizes current research on the immunology of endometriosis, focusing on the roles of natural killer cells, macrophages, cytokines, dendritic cells, mast cells, and T regulatory lymphocytes in disease pathogenesis and potential autoimmune connections.

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Immunology of endometriosis [2] Natural killer cells: Key players in endometriosis [3] Enhancement of human monocyte and peritoneal macrophage chemiluminescence activities in women with endometriosis [4] Spontaneous and induced synthesis of cytokines by peripheral blood monocytes in patients with endometriosis [5] Peritoneal fluid-mediated enhancement of eutopic and ectopic endometrial cell proliferation is dependent on tumor necrosis factor-alpha in women with endometriosis [6] Immunological aspects of endometriosis [7] Atherosclerosis, oxidation and endometriosis [8] The development of cytotoxicity in peritoneal macrophages from women with endometriosis [9] Modulation of neutrophil apoptosis by plasma and peritoneal fluid from patients with advanced endometriosis [10] Dendritic cell populations in the eutopic and ectopic endometrium of women with endometriosis [11] Immunobiology of endometriosis [12] Targeting mast cells in endometriosis with janus kinase 3 inhibitor, JANEX-1 [13] Clinical immunological aspects of genital endometriosis [14] The effect of estradiol on the production and secretion of complement component 3 by the rat uterus and surgically induced endometriotic tissue [15] Is endometriosis an autoimmune disease? [16] Autoimmunity in infertile patients with endometriosis [17] Endometriosis: can it produce an autoimmune response resulting in infertility? [18] Autoimmunity to endometrium and ovary in endometriosis [19] Autoimmunity in endometriosis: Relevance to infertility [20] Is adenomyosis an immune disease? [21] The effect of endometriosis, its stage and activity, and of autoantibodies on in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer success rates [22] Treating endometriosis as an autoimmune disease [23] Deficient cellular immunity in endometriosis [24] Immunological aspects of endometriosis: A review [25] T regulatory lymphocytes in patients with endometriosis [26] Interleukin-17 and type 17 helper T cells [27] Th17 cells in human disease [28] Recruitment of CCR6-expressing Th17 cells by CCL 20 secreted from IL-1 beta-, TNF-alpha-, and IL-17A-stimulated endometriotic stromal cells [29] Immunological aspects of endometriosis : an update

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