Abstract:
:Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) is a gp130 neuroregulatory cytokine belonging to the interleukin-6-type cytokine superfamily. Several lines of evidence suggest that the concentrations of interleukin-6 are elevated in the peritoneal fluid of endometriosis patients. To our knowledge, no study on whether this might also be the case for CNTF levels has been published previously. The CNTF concentrations in the peritoneal fluid were measured by ELISA in 51 women with (n = 31) and without (n = 20) endometriosis. Surgery was scheduled during the proliferative or the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle. CNTF was detectable in the peritoneal fluid of 43% of the women tested. The concentrations of CNTF showed no correlation with the presence of endometriosis or the phase of the menstrual cycle. We found no evidence to suggest that CNTF is involved in the pathogenesis of pelvic endometriosis.
journal_name
Gynecol Obstet Investjournal_title
Gynecologic and obstetric investigationauthors
Suzumori N,Suzumori Kdoi
10.1159/000072694keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2003-01-01 00:00:00pages
51-4issue
1eissn
0378-7346issn
1423-002Xpii
72694journal_volume
56pub_type
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