[Endometriosis and discouragement of immunology cytotoxic characteristics].

Objective: To determine the immunology kind of response Th1 (cytotoxic) or Th2 (humoral) prevailing at peripheral and peritoneal environment at endometriosis women (ENW).

Study Design: Observational, transverse, analytical, retrospective, cases and controls.

Material And Methods: Cooperative and cytotoxic lymphocytes obtained from peritoneal fluid (PF) and peripheral blood (PB) were used to determine IFN-gamma and IL-2 intracellular synthesis at ENW.

[Changes in the systemic immunologic response in association with endometriosis using an animal model].

Introduction: Endometriosis constitutes the growth of endometrial tissue in a place other than the uterine cavity. Its etiopathogenesis is unknown, although there is some evidence associating it with the decrease of cytotoxic activity in the immunological system.

Objective: Evaluating the relationship between the development of ectopic endometrial tissue and the immunological status, and enumerating lymphocyte subpopulations and cytokine synthesis in T lymphocytes, using a murine endometriosis model.