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Induction of an angiogenic phenotype in endometriotic stromal cell cultures by interleukin-1beta.
Molecular human reproduction - 1 Mar 2000
Lebovic D I, Bentzien F, Chao V A, Garrett E N, Meng Y G, Taylor R N
Abstract excerpt
Activated peritoneal macrophages are associated with endometriosis and may play a central role in its aetiology by releasing interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) in response to refluxed endometrium. Pari passu with the establishment of endometriotic implants is the development of a vascular supply. In this study we investigated the angiogenic properties of two endometrial proteins, vascular endothelial growth factor...
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