The other proteins that were identified as showing specific changes in their levels in peritoneal fluid in endometriosis in our antibody array discovery analysis were MMP2, TIMP1, EGFR, ANGP4, C163A, HGFA, S10A8/9, LUM, A2AP/SERPINF2, GPX4, IBP4/IGFBP4, DKK3 and P53. This evidence concerns the gene HGFAC and endometriosis.