Basal and cytokine-stimulated production of epithelial neutrophil activating peptide-78 (ENA-78) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) by cultured human endometrial epithelial and stromal cells

Assessment of endometrial receptivity

“…The technological advances have opened a floodgate of discovery and provide a dazzling array of potential candidates for the assessment of the endometrium. Complex and closely associated relationships between endocrinology and immunology provide the potential for discovery of new biomarkers of endometrial receptivity (149,163,(168)(169)(170)(171)(172). Using DNA microarray as an example, studies in normal (6,7,36) and abnormal endometrium provide a growing list of potential biomarkers associated with the WOI (37,38,173,174).…”

Endometriosis-associated nerve fibers, peritoneal fluid cytokine concentrations, and pain in endometriotic lesions from different locations

“…Interleukin-8, regulated on activation normal T cell expressed and secreted, osteoprotegerin, glycodelin, pregnancyassociated plasma protein A, and epithelial neutophilactivating peptide 78 were determined as described in previous reports from our laboratory (10,17). Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a was measured with a high sensitivity, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-enhanced alkaline phosphatase-based kit (Quantikine-HS, R&D Systems) and midkine concentrations were determined with a conventional ELISA kit (Biovendor) following the manufacturer's instructions.…”

Peroxisome proliferating activating receptor gamma–independent attenuation of interleukin 6 and interleukin 8 secretion from primary endometrial stromal cells by thiazolidinediones

“…Eutopic ESCs were collected during surgery performed during the proliferative phase of the cycle and isolated by collagenase digestion using previously described methods (20). A total of five ESC preparations, each from different patients, were collected and used in this study.…”