“…Other animal studies have shown diminished endometriotic lesion development and cell proliferation in response to NFkB inhibition (71,80,85). In endometriotic cells in culture, inhibition of NF-kB reduced cell proliferation and stimulated apoptosis by down-regulating IL-8, macrophagemigration inhibitory factor, survivin, B-cell lymphoma/leukemia 2 (Bcl-2) and Bcl-XL (antiapoptotic proteins at the mitochondrial level), and by activating caspase 3, caspase 8, and caspase 9 (54,58,59,69,74,75).…”