{"id":198993,"date":"2024-11-09T05:02:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T11:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/neuroimmune-communication-pathway-reveals-interactions-that-may-drive-endometriosis-associated-pain"},"modified":"2024-11-09T05:02:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T11:02:17","slug":"neuroimmune-communication-pathway-reveals-interactions-that-may-drive-endometriosis-associated-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/neuroimmune-communication-pathway-reveals-interactions-that-may-drive-endometriosis-associated-pain","title":{"rendered":"Neuroimmune communication pathway reveals interactions that may drive endometriosis-associated pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/neuroimmune-communication-pathway-reveals-interactions-that-may-drive-endometriosis-associated-pain2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boston Children\u2019s Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers have discovered a neuroimmune communication pathway that may drive endometriosis-associated pain and lesion growth.<\/p>\n<p>Endometriosis is a debilitating inflammatory disease affecting up to 15% of women and is characterized by the growth of endometrial-like <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/tissue\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">tissue<\/a> outside the uterus. Treatments can currently only target symptoms, with over-the-counter <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/pain\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">pain<\/a> medicines and hormonal birth control, or in some cases, surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Endometriosis occurs when cell tissues normally found within the uterus lining take root in areas outside the uterus. This tissue is hormonally sensitive and can become inflamed, especially during <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/menstrual+cycles\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">menstrual cycles<\/a>, and can cause severe cramping, pain, and other symptoms depending on the area affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Children\u2019s Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers have discovered a neuroimmune communication pathway that may drive endometriosis-associated pain and lesion growth. Endometriosis is a debilitating inflammatory disease affecting up to 15% of women and is characterized by the growth of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus. Treatments can currently only target symptoms, with over-the-counter pain [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}