Abstract:Intraperitoneal injection of endometrial tissues into inbred mice such as C57BL/6J is widely used as a model to study endometriosis, a disease characterized by the abnormal proliferation of endometrial cells which invade various tissues within the peritoneal cavity. However, most of these inbred mouse strains have a weak immune system and are often ovariectomized, which is not reflective of the human population in general. Hence, this study used the ovary intact ICR mouse strain as a model to study the immune … Show more
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