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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
The development and onset of endometriosis is associated with angiogenesis and angiogenic factors including cytokines. We analyzed intrapelvic conditions in women with endometriosis via vascular density assessment of grossly normal peritoneum and determination of cytokine levels in peritoneal fluid. Seventy-three patients underwent laparoscopic surgery because of gynecologic disease including endometriosis in our department using a narrow-band imaging system. Each patient was analyzed for peritoneal vascular density using commercially available vascular analysis software (SolemioENDO ProStudy; Olympus Corp, Tokyo, Japan). Each patient was also subjected to analysis of interleukin 6 (IL-6), IL-8, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and vascular endothelial growth factor concentrations in peritoneal fluid. We defined 4 groups as follows: group 1, endometriosis: gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist administration group (n=27); group 2, endometriosis: GnRH agonist nonadministration group (n=15); group 3, no endometriosis: GnRH agonist administration group (n=18); and group 4, no endometriosis: GnRH agonist nonadministration group (n=13). No significant differences in peritoneal vascular density between the 4 groups were found under conventional light; however, under narrow-band light, vascular density in the endometriosis groups (groups 1 and 2) was significantly higher. Cytokine analysis of the 4 groups determined that IL-6 and IL-8 concentrations were significantly higher compared with the no endometriosis groups (groups 3 and 4). Tumor necrosis factor-alpha and vascular endothelial growth factor concentrations were not significantly different between groups. In endometriosis, peritoneal vascular density was significantly higher as assessed using the narrow-band imaging system and SolemioENDO ProStudy, whereas GnRH agonist did not obviously decrease vascular density but IL-6 concentration was lower in the GnRH agonist administration group.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1553-4650
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright (c) 2010 AAGL. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Ascitic Fluid, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Endometriosis, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Interleukin-6, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Interleukin-8, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Laparoscopy, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Neovascularization, Pathologic, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Peritoneal Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Peritoneum, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Software, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Statistics, Nonparametric, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:19892605-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
pubmed:articleTitle
Peritoneal vascular density assessment using narrow-band imaging and vascular analysis software, and cytokine analysis in women with and without endometriosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. arthur@juntendo.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article