The Serum Levels of the Soluble Factors sCD40L and CXCL1 Are Not Indicative of Endometriosis

Figure 4

Patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) show a tendency of reduced sCD40L levels and no changes in the levels of CXCL1 in serum when compared to controls. Boxplots showing levels of sCD40L (a) and CXCL1 (b) among controls and endometriosis patients with DIE. The number of samples for each group is given in brackets on the -axis and the values of the comparison between the groups are shown below each graph. C: control, DIE: deep infiltrating endometriosis.

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