Interferons: pathogenetic rationale for the treatment of external genital endometriosis and clinical efficacy
- Authors: Durneva E.I.1, Sokolov D.I.1, Yarmolinskaya M.I.1,2, Selkov S.A.1
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Affiliations:
- The Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductology named after D.O. Ott
- North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
- Issue: Vol 68, No 1 (2019)
- Pages: 47-58
- Section: Reviews
- URL: https://bakhtiniada.ru/jowd/article/view/10689
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/JOWD68147-58
- ID: 10689
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Hypothesis/aims of study. Endometriosis is the main cause of infertility and social maladjustment in women, caused by the presence of inflammatory endometriotic implants outside the uterus. A number of chemokines, including interferons, compromise the immune response on the development of endometriosis raising the interest to the investigation of interferons in this context. Based on this, the purpose of this review was to study the role of interferons in the pathogenesis of external genital endometriosis and to assess the possibility of their application within comprehensive pathogenesis-based therapy.
Study design, materials and methods: literature data of national and international investigations for the period from 1996 to 2018; systematic analysis and evaluation of the literary data.
Conclusion. Type I interferons seem to be promising agents for understanding of the pathogenesis of endometriosis, and can be considered as targeted therapy for this disease. The mechanisms of their functions require a further study. Type II interferons may be used in the future as diagnostic markers for the assessment of the disease severity.
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##article.viewOnOriginalSite##About the authors
Elena I. Durneva
The Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductology named after D.O. Ott
Author for correspondence.
Email: lenkin1303@yandex.ru
MD, Post-Graduate Student
Russian Federation, Saint-PetersburgDmitry I. Sokolov
The Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductology named after D.O. Ott
Email: falcojugger@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5749-2531
SPIN-code: 3746-0000
PhD, DSci (Biology), the Head of the Laboratory of Intercellular Interactions. The Department of Immunology and Intercellular Interactions
Russian Federation, Saint-PetersburgMaria I. Yarmolinskaya
The Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductology named after D.O. Ott; North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
Email: m.yarmolinskaya@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6551-4147
SPIN-code: 3686-3605
MD, PhD, DSci (Medicine), Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Head of the Department of Endocrinology of Reproduction, the Head of the Diagnostics and Treatment of Endometriosis Center. The Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductology named after D.O. Ott, Saint Petersburg, Russia; Professor. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
Russian Federation, Saint-PetersburgSergey A. Selkov
The Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductology named after D.O. Ott
Email: selkovsa@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1560-7529
SPIN-code: 7665-0594
MD, PhD, DSci (Medicine), Professor, Honoured Scholar of the Russian Federation, the Head of the Department of Immunology and Intercellular Interactions
Russian Federation, Saint-PetersburgReferences
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