Gene expression studies in embryo implantation [28,29,40], endometriosis [10,11] and ovarian cancer metastasis [41] have all found altered expression of LIF, and other genes such as CD44 and miR 99a-5p [42,43], supporting our hypothesis that the uterine secretome is important in benign and malignant processes. Here, LIF is linked to endometriosis.