The Role of Peritoneal Immunity in Peritoneal Endometriosis and Related Infertility. 2023

Qiongxiao Huang, and Yiqi Yu, and Weihai Xu, and Shishi Li, and Yier Zhou, and Jing Shu
Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, 310016 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Endometriosis is defined as a disorder in which the glands and stroma of the endometrium grow and shed periodically outside the uterine cavity. Highly prevalent in women of reproductive age, the most common clinical manifestations are chronic pelvic pain and infertility. The pathogenesis of endometriosis may be multifactorial, including factors of anatomy, immunity, inflammation, hormones (estrogen), oxidative stress, genetics, epigenetics, and environment. There are generally three types of endometriotic disease, namely peritoneal, ovarian, and deep infiltration. For the same patient, there may be a single or multiple types concurrently. The different manifestations of these types suggests that they each have their own etiology. Numerous studies have shown that the evasion of endometrial cells from peritoneal immune surveillance helps establish and maintain peritoneal endometriosis, but the specific mechanism is not well understood. Likewise, the molecular mechanisms of endometriosis-related infertility have not been clearly elucidated. This review attempts to identify the role of peritoneal immunity in peritoneal endometriosis and related infertility, especially in the aspects of molecular mechanisms.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007246 Infertility A reduced or absent capacity to reproduce. Sterility,Reproductive Sterility,Sterility, Reproductive,Sub-Fertility,Subfertility
D004715 Endometriosis A condition in which functional endometrial tissue is present outside the UTERUS. It is often confined to the PELVIS involving the OVARY, the ligaments, cul-de-sac, and the uterovesical peritoneum. Endometrioma,Endometriomas,Endometrioses
D004967 Estrogens Compounds that interact with ESTROGEN RECEPTORS in target tissues to bring about the effects similar to those of ESTRADIOL. Estrogens stimulate the female reproductive organs, and the development of secondary female SEX CHARACTERISTICS. Estrogenic chemicals include natural, synthetic, steroidal, or non-steroidal compounds. Estrogen,Estrogen Effect,Estrogen Effects,Estrogen Receptor Agonists,Estrogenic Agents,Estrogenic Compounds,Estrogenic Effect,Estrogenic Effects,Agents, Estrogenic,Agonists, Estrogen Receptor,Compounds, Estrogenic,Effects, Estrogen,Effects, Estrogenic,Receptor Agonists, Estrogen
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D044127 Epigenesis, Genetic A genetic process by which the adult organism is realized via mechanisms that lead to the restriction in the possible fates of cells, eventually leading to their differentiated state. Mechanisms involved cause heritable changes to cells without changes to DNA sequence such as DNA METHYLATION; HISTONE modification; DNA REPLICATION TIMING; NUCLEOSOME positioning; and heterochromatization which result in selective gene expression or repression. Epigenetic Processes,Epigenetic Process,Epigenetics Processes,Genetic Epigenesis,Process, Epigenetic,Processes, Epigenetic,Processes, Epigenetics
D057890 Epigenomics The systematic study of the global gene expression changes due to EPIGENETIC PROCESSES and not due to DNA base sequence changes. Epigenetics,Epigenetic,Epigenomic

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