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Lesion-centric reprogramming: hydrogel-enabled photothermal reset of endometriosis pain

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Ziba Zahiri
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Saeed Alborzi
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Sara Sadat Mir Hosseini
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Fatemeh Sharifian
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Narjes Farahani
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Vahid Goodarzi
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Atoosa Etezadi *
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Shahrzad Amirlatifi *
DOI:10.1016/j.intimp.2026.116882delete
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Abstract

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• Endometriosis-associated pelvic pain is sustained by a lesion-centered neuroinflammatory microenvironment, explaining the limited durability of systemic hormonal and surgical therapies. • Injectable and in situ–forming hydrogels enable precise, lesion-confined intervention with spatiotemporal control over drug delivery and tissue interaction. • Photothermal activation allows externally regulated, localized thermal modulation of ectopic endometrial tissue, decoupling pain control from systemic endocrine suppression. • Integration of photothermal agents within hydrogel matrices enables coordinated control of tissue ablation, intralesional drug release, and local immune signaling. • Hydrogel-enabled photothermal strategies establish a precision, non-hormonal framework for targeting pathological pain microenvironments in endometriosis.
Keywords:
Endometriosis
Hydrogel
Photothermal therapy
Pelvic pain
Neuroinflammation

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