Macrophages display proinflammatory phenotypes in the eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis with relevance to an infectious etiology of the disease

To phenotype transcriptomically M1 macrophages (Mϕ1) and M2 macrophages (Mϕ2) in the endometrium of women with endometriosis.Prospective experimental study.University research laboratory.Six women with endometriosis and five controls without disease, in the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle.Mϕ1, Mϕ2, uterine natural killer, and T regulatory cells were isolated from human endometrium using a uniquely designed cell-specific fluorescence...