A variety of traditional Chinese medical formulations contain two or more herbs from the same genus or family. Although these herbs may have a similar appearance and constituents, they usually have different pharmacodynamic actions. A serie…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the characteristics and antiangiogenic effects of endostatin-loaded PAMAM on endometriosis in a noninvasive animal model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A noninvasive animal model was established by injecting adenovirus-GFP …
Sperm morphology is the best predictor of fertilization potential, and the critical predictive information for supporting assisted reproductive methods selection. Given its important predictive value and the declining reality of semen quali…
OBJECTIVE: To identity whether there is muscle atrophy phenomenon in end-stage kidney disease patients and to detect the level of transcription factor Foxo1 and the activity of ubiquitin-proteasome system. METHODS: Twenty-two patients in c…
BACKGROUND: Hepatic angiomyolipoma (HAML) is a rare liver tumor. This paper summarized the clinical, radiological and pathological features of HAML. METHODS: Seventeen cases of HAML were analyzed retrospectively. All patients were subjecte…
CagA of Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium-derived oncogenic protein closely associated with the development of gastric cancers. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of widespread non-coding RNAs, many of which are involved in cell growth, cell d…
Carcinomas most often result from the stepwise acquisition of genetic alterations within the epithelial compartment. The surrounding stroma can also play an important role in cancer initiation and progression. Given the rare frequencies of …
Vascular endothelial growth factors receptor 2 (VEGFR-2) has been implicated in playing an important role in the formation of new blood vessels in tumors and other diseases. A high affinity human/mouse cross-reactive anti-VEGFR-2 monoclonal…
Despite decades of intensive research, NHL (non-Hodgkin lymphoma) still remains poorly understood and is largely incurable. Recent molecular studies suggest that genomic variants measured with SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) in genes…
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) remains the most lethal gynecological malignancy despite several decades of progress in diagnosis and treatment. Taking advantage of the robust development of discovery and utility of prognostic biomarkers, c…
OBJECTIVE: To detect the expression of aromatase P450 and estrogen receptor (ER) in eutopic and ectopic endometrium in endometriosis and their correlation with endometriosis. METHODS: Forty patients who had undergone operation because of e…
Seventy cases of cervical adenocarcinoma were classified into five types, namely: mucinous adenocarcinoma, endometrioid adenocarcinoma, mixed adenosquamous carcinoma, papillary adenocarcinoma and clear cell carcinoma. According to the morph…