Somatic Stem Cells in Endometriosis

"1. To identify by flow cytometry through technique of Side Population the population of somatic stem cells present in both human endometrial eutopic and ectopic endometrium of women with ovarian endometriosis, peritoneal and recto-vaginal.~2. In vitro culture conditions for cell proliferation.~3. To characterize the somatic stem cell population using techniques of endometriotic cell and molecular biology.~4. Compare the results obtained from patients with endometriosis with control patients (without endometriosis) earlier work by our group."