OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association between healthy lifestyle behaviours and the incidence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). DESIGN: Population-based prospective cohort study. SETTING: The UK Biobank. PARTICIPANTS: 64 268 adults age…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the phosphorylation of estrogen receptor α at serine-118 (phospho-ERα S118) in the endometrium, ovarian endometrioma, and deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). DESIGN: Experimental study. SETTING: University-affili…
Abstract Purpose Whether higher triglyceride is a risk factor for diabetes diagnosis in people with normal triglyceride is yet established. This study aimed to investigate this association in Chinese adults. Methods This cross-sectional …
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the course of long-term conservative management of bladder endometriosis (BE). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 17 cases of BE conservatively managed without surgery in our facilit…
Mechanism of exacerbation of endometriosis by local endocrine and inflammation-related factors () Endometriosis is pathologically diagnosed by the presence of endometrium-like tissues outside the uterus.Endometriosis affects 10%-15% of repr…
Human endometrium is a highly regenerative and dynamic tissue that undergoes cyclic changes during menstrual cycle. It has been reported that endometrial epithelium contains a population of progenitor/stem cells. Increasing amount of eviden…
When the presence of endometriotic lesions are not evident by hematoxylin and eosin staining, CD10 is used to highlight and confirm the presence of endometriotic stroma. However, CD10 is not specific only to the endometrial stroma but is al…
The development of rational techniques to discover new proteins for use in variety of applications ranging from agriculture to biotechnology remains an outstanding materials design problem. The key barrier is to design a sequence to fold in…
AIM: This study aimed to describe the clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and operative or medical management of inguinal endometriosis. METHODS: In this study, we retrospectively reviewed 20 cases of inguinal endometriosis in our…
BACKGROUND: The recurrence rate after unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (USO) for unilateral endometrioma has not been reported. We evaluated the rate of and risk factors for endometrioma recurrence after USO. METHODS: In this retrospective …
When the presence of endometriotic lesions are not evident by hematoxylin and eosin staining, CD10 is used to highlight and confirm the presence of endometriotic stroma. However, CD10 is not specific only to the endometrial stroma but is al…
CONTEXT: Retinoic acid (RA) controls multiple biological processes via exerting opposing effects on cell survival. Retinol uptake into cells is controlled by stimulated by RA 6 (STRA6). RA is then produced from retinol in the cytosol. Parti…