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Highlights
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The endometrial immune system plays a role in protection against pathogens and feto-maternal tolerance.
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The endometrial immune system varies according to the stage of the menstrual cycle.
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Both anti- and pro-tumor immune-related factors are involved in endometrial tumors.
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Immune system composition may play a role in patient prognosis and may serve as a target for treatment.
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Immune system plays a dual role in both a healthy situation and a tumor.
Via Krishan Maggon
Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 109, June 2015, Pages 7–16
Review The immune system in the normal endometrium and implications for endometrial cancer developmentA. Vanderstraetena, S. Tuyaertsa, , , F. Amanta, b doi:10.1016/j.jri.2014.12.006