Lin WY

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus
other 2024
Journal of human genetics ·doi:10.1038/s10038-024-01270-5

Endometriosis is a common gynecological disorder affecting around 10% of reproductive-age women. Although many hypotheses were proposed, genetic alteration has been considered as one of the key factors promoting pathogenesis. Due to racial/…

other 2013
Journal of human genetics ·doi:10.1038/jhg.2013.1

The MMP2 gene has been implicated in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. We investigated the role and function of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of MMP2 in relation to endometriosis. First a case-control study was conducted and 17 SNP…

article 2011
BMC medicine ·doi:10.1186/1741-7015-9-19

BACKGROUND: Mucin 4 (MUC4) plays an important role in protecting and lubricating the epithelial surface of reproductive tracts, but its role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis is largely unknown. METHODS: To correlate MUC4 polymorphism wi…