Endometriosis: an inflammatory disease with a Th2 immune response component

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Authors

Sérgio Podgaec · University Teaching Hospital

Maurício Simões Abrão · University Teaching Hospital

João Dias · University Teaching Hospital

Luiz Vicente Rizzo · Universidade de São Paulo

R M de Oliveira · Centrus Diagnósticos por Imagem

E.C. Baracat · University Teaching Hospital

Abstract

Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease involving a possible shift towards Th2 immune response component, as demonstrated by the relative increase in cytokines characteristic of this pattern of immune response.

Topics & Keywords

Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive System and Pregnancy Uterine Myomas and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Human Reproduction

Volume 22, Issue 5, pp. 1373-1379

DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del516

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