Dioxin may promote inflammation-related development of endometriosis.

Bruner-Tran KL, Yeaman GR, Crispens MA, Igarashi TM, Osteen KG. Dioxin may promote inflammation-related development of endometriosis. Fertility and sterility. 2008 May;89(89). 1287-98. PMID: 18394613 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC2430157 NIHMSID: NIHMS51784.

Abstract

Laboratory and population-based studies suggest that exposure to environmental toxicants may be one of several triggers for the development of endometriosis. We discuss evidence that modulation of the endometrial endocrine-immune interface could mechanistically link toxicant exposure to the development of this disease.