Provided is a method of producing a cell having properties of endometriosis (hereinafter referred to as "endometriotic-like cell") from a human mesenchymal stem cell. Also provided are a method of producing an animal model exhibiting human endometriosis, the method including transplanting the cell to an animal, and an animal model of endometriosis. The method of producing an endometriotic-like cell comprises a step of culturing a human mesenchymal stem cell induced to differentiate by allowing a differentiation inducing agent to act on the cell, through use of a low-carbon-source culture medium free of a differentiation inducing agent, in a culture vessel coated with extracellular matrix.
