Isolation and characteristics of a macrophage population of human uterine mucosa.
In the present report, the techniques of isolation and morphological and functional characteristics of a subpopulation of human endometrial stromal cells are described. The data obtained point that these cells are macrophages, and that the uterine mucosa can be considered as a hormone-dependent territory of the monocyte-histiocytic system, since these cells can only be demonstrable during the proliferative or secretory phases of the uterine cycle, but not in atrophic, postmenopausal endometria.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004717:Endometrium / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008875:Middle Aged; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000276:immunology