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Previous studies reported an abnormal induction of autophagy linked to progesterone resistance in human endometriotic cells. Therefore, an aberrant autophagy induction response to progesterone might contribute to the altered inflammatory response observed in endometriotic tissues. To evaluate this hypothesis, we elucidate whether regulation of the NLRP3 inflammasome by ovarian steroids is mediated by autophagy in human endometrial stromal cells (normal endometrial stromal cells (NESCs)) from patients with uterine leiomyoma (presumed normal) and whether abnormal autophagy induction in endometriotic cyst stromal cells (ECSCs) affects NLRP3 inflammasome-induced interleukin-1\u03b2 (IL-1\u03b2) production. Our results show that estrogen enhanced NLRP3 inflammasome activation in NESCs, resulting in increased IL-1\u03b2 production. Progesterone decreased NLRP3 inflammasome activity with an increase in autophagy induction in estrogen-treated NESCs. 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