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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

The Role of Peritoneal Macrophages in Endometriosis.

Tamara N Ramírez-Pavez, María Martínez-Esparza, Antonio J Ruiz-Alcaraz, Pilar Marín-Sánchez, Francisco Machado-Linde, Pilar García-Peñarrubia

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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73citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

73 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Alterations in Cellular Immunity in Patients With Endometriosis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tamara N Ramírez-PavezDepartamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular (B) e Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, IMIB and Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6938-504X
María Martínez-EsparzaDepartamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular (B) e Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, IMIB and Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5765-8231
Antonio J Ruiz-AlcarazDepartamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular (B) e Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, IMIB and Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6913-0610
Pilar Marín-SánchezServicio de Ginecología y Obstetricia, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, IMIB, 30120 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3349-8445
Francisco Machado-LindeServicio de Ginecología y Obstetricia, Hospital Clínico Universitario Reina Sofía, CARM, 30002 Murcia, Spain.
Pilar García-PeñarrubiaDepartamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular (B) e Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, IMIB and Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2922-4804
Universidad de Murcia · ESHospital Reina Sofía de Murcia · ESHospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent gynecological disorder, defined as the growth of endometrial stromal cells and glands at extrauterine sites. Endometriotic lesions are more frequently located into the abdominal cavity, although they can also be implanted in distant places. Among its etiological factors, the presence of immune dysregulation occupies a prominent place, pointing out the beneficial and harmful outcomes of macrophages in the pathogenesis of this disease. Macrophages are tissue-resident cells that connect innate and adaptive immunity, playing a key role in maintaining local homeostasis in healthy conditions and being critical in the development and sustainment of many inflammatory diseases. Macrophages accumulate in the peritoneal cavity of women with endometriosis, but their ability to clear migrated endometrial fragments seems to be inefficient. Hence, the characteristics of the peritoneal immune system in endometriosis must be further studied to facilitate the search for new diagnostic and therapeutic tools. In this review, we summarize recent relevant advances obtained in both mouse, as the main animal model used to study endometriosis, and human, focusing on peritoneal macrophages obtained from endometriotic patients and healthy donors, under the perspective of its future clinical translation to the role that these cells play on this pathology.

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AnimalsEndometriosisFemaleHumansMacrophages, PeritonealStromal Cellsendometriosisinflammationperitoneal macrophages

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PMID34639133
PMCPMC8509388
OpenAlexW3202561929

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