Review Article

Decreased Cytotoxicity of Peripheral and Peritoneal Natural Killer Cell in Endometriosis

Table 1

Change of the immunoregulatory factors in the NK cell cytotoxicity.

Decreased cytotoxic activityIncreased inhibitory activity

Cytotoxic functionInflammatory cytokines
 Granzyme B, perforin, TRAIL, CD107a IL-6, IL-8, IL-1b, IFN-γ, TNF-α
Cell-activating receptorsNoninflammatory cytokines
 NKp46, NKp44, NKG2D, CD16 (cell surface marker) CXCL8, CCL-2 (MCP-1), CCL5 (RANTES)
 CD69 (markers of activation)Antigen
 HLA-G, HLA-E, HLA-I
Inhibitory receptors
 ITIM-KIRs, KIR2DL1, NKB1, EB6, I-CAM
Apoptosis
 FasL (CD95)