1997
Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 concentration in peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis and its modulation of expression in mesothelial cells
Arici A, Oral E, Attar E, Tazuke S, Olive D. Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 concentration in peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis and its modulation of expression in mesothelial cells. Fertility And Sterility 1997, 67: 1065-1072. PMID: 9176445, DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(97)81440-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonocyte chemotactic protein-1Chemotactic protein-1 levelsChemotactic protein-1Protein-1 levelsChemotactic protein-1 concentrationsProtein-1 concentrationsPeritoneal fluidMesothelial cellsPg/Severe endometriosisProtein 1Control womenSecretory phaseProliferative phaseSevere endometriosis groupPathogenesis of endometriosisPeritoneal mesothelial cellsInterleukin-1 alphaUniversity Medical CenterMessenger RNA expressionUntreated endometriosisGnRH agonistEndometriosis groupModerate endometriosisProspective study
1996
The peritoneal environment in endometriosis
Oral E, Olive D, Arici A. The peritoneal environment in endometriosis. Human Reproduction Update 1996, 2: 385-398. PMID: 15717438, DOI: 10.1093/humupd/2.5.385.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeritoneal fluidPeritoneal environmentPF of womenEtiology of endometriosisMonocytes/macrophagesSpermatozoon-oocyte interactionEndometriotic implantsEndometrial fragmentsPeritoneal factorsPeritoneal endometriosisRetrograde menstruationIL-8MCP-1Postimplantation survivalChemoattractant cytokinesMast cellsEndometriosisImmune systemMesothelial cellsCytokinesGrowth factorOvum captureMacrophagesEtiologyCell types