STUDY QUESTION: Is Nometastatic gene 23-H1 (NME1, also known as nm23-H1) involved in regulating the biological behavior of endometrial stromal cells (ESCs), and does it participate in the pathogenesis of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: NME1…
Failure of the embryo to implant now constitutes the major limiting step in IVF treatment. Successful implantation requires a vital embryo and an effective molecular dialogue with a 'receptive' endometrium. However, what precisely constitut…
OBJECTIVE: To clarify the role and mechanism of CCL2 in regulating the biological functions of endometrial stromal cells (ESCs). DESIGN: The CCL2 effect on the viability, proliferation, and invasion in the eutopic ESCs from endometriosis. …
BACKGROUND: Chemokine CXCL8 (also known as IL-8) has been identified as a potential regulator of endometrial stromal cells (ESCs), but it is unclear how CXCL8 regulates the survival of ESCs in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. METHODS: We…
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-1 (IDO1) is an intracellular enzyme that catalyses essential amino acid tryptophan along the kynurenine pathway. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of IDO1 expression on the biological characterist…
Tetraspanin CD82 is a wide-spectrum tumor metastasis suppressor that inhibits motility and invasiveness of cancer cells. Endometriosis is a benign gynecological disorder, but appears malignant behaviors including invasion, ectopic implantat…
AIM: To evaluate the toxicity of endogeneous peroxynitrite on transplanted retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) sheets and the effect of puerarin on their survival in the C57BL/6 mice after RPE sheets have been transplanted into SD rats' subret…