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Macrophages display proinflammatory phenotypes in the eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis with relevance to an infectious etiology of the disease.
Fertility and sterility - 1 Dec 2019
Vallvé-Juanico Júlia, Santamaria Xavier, Vo Kim Chi, Houshdaran Sahar, Giudice Linda C
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OBJECTIVE: To phenotype transcriptomically M1 macrophages (Mϕ1) and M2 macrophages (Mϕ2) in the endometrium of women with endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective experimental study. SETTING: University research laboratory. PATIENT(S): Six women with endometriosis and five controls without disease, in the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle. INTERVENTION(S): Mϕ1, Mϕ2, uterine natural killer, and T regulatory cells...
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