Toward gene therapy of endometriosis: transductional and transcriptional targeting of adenoviral vectors to endometriosis cells.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to screen a panel of targeted adenoviruses as vectors for endometriosis gene therapy.

Study Design: Endometriotic cells were obtained from subjects with ovarian endometriomas. Liver tissues were taken from donors during hepatic transplantation surgery.

Serum cytokines as biomarkers for nonsurgical prediction of endometriosis.

Objective: To test the ability of a group of serum cytokines, either individually or in combination, to serve as biomarkers for the nonsurgical diagnosis of endometriosis.

Study Design: Subjects were allocated to two groups according to their laparoscopic diagnosis. The first group consisted of patients with endometriosis and the second group was made up of infertile women with no pelvic pathology (controls).