Effect of peritoneal fluid from patients with mild and severe endometriosis on endometrial stromal cell proliferation

  • Gabriela F. Meresman
  • Rosa I. Barañao
  • A. Tenenbaum
  • J. J. Singla
  • N. R. Neuspiller
  • Lia S. Rumi
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the mitogenic effect of peritoneal fluid (PF) from women with mild and severe endometriosis on the endometrial stromal cell proliferation. Increasing concentrations of PF from women with and without mild or severe endometriosis were added to primary endometrial stromal cell cultures and3H-thymidine incorporation was used to assess DNA synthesis in these cultures. PF from women with mild endometriosis induced a statistically significant dose-dependent increase in stromal cell thymidine uptake ranged from 5.8 to 14.5 fold, whereas PF from women with severe endometriosis produced an average 51% inhibition of stromal cell proliferation of compared with cells exposed to non-endometriosis PF or exposed to nutrient medium supplemented with 2.5% calf serum alone. PF samples from patients with stage I endometriosis induced a statistically dose-dependent increase in stromal cell proliferation, whereas PF from patients with stage IV endometriosis caused a significant inhibition.

Key words

Endometriosis Peritoneal fluid Endometrial stromal cells 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Gabriela F. Meresman
    • 1
  • Rosa I. Barañao
    • 1
  • A. Tenenbaum
    • 1
  • J. J. Singla
    • 2
  • N. R. Neuspiller
    • 2
  • Lia S. Rumi
    • 1
  1. 1.Instituto de Biología y Medicina ExperimentalBuenos AiresArgentina
  2. 2.FecunditasBuenos AiresArgentina

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