Zhou X

BackgroundRecent studies have suggested that cell death may be involved in bone loss or the resolution of inflammation in periodontitis. Immunogenic cell death (ICD), a recently identified cell death pathway, may be involved in the developm…

PURPOSE: To investigate the association between the oxidative balance score (OBS) and endometriosis. METHODS: This cross-sectional study used four cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) (1999-2000, 2001-200…

Xiaoming Zhou,1 Weiwei Shen,1 Jue Zhu,2 Yichen Chen,2 Jing Zhang2 1Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315010, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Gynecology, Ningbo Women &…

OBJECTIVE: Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a serious complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) that is closely related to aging. In this study, we found co-differential genes between DKD and aging and established a diagnostic model of DKD bas…

Endo-periodontal lesions (EPLs) involve both the periodontium and pulp tissue and have complicated etiologies and pathogenic mechanisms, including unique anatomical and microbiological characteristics and multiple contributing factors. This…

BackgroundThe incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children is on the increase worldwide. Growth disorders are common in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease. The aim of this paper is to investigate anthropometric …

PURPOSE: To determine the impact of polycystic ovary syndrome on in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection and embryo transfer outcomes while analyzing the influencing factors. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective cohort stu…

Autographiviridae phage HH109 is a lytic Vibrio alginolyticus E110-specific phage, but the molecular mechanism underlying host recognition of this phage remains unknown. In this study, a transposon mutagenesis library of E110 was used to sh…

In female mammals, the proliferation and apoptosis of granulosa cells (GCs) have been shown to determine the fate of follicles. DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) and SLCO3A1 have been reported to be involved in the survival of GCs and follicul…

PURPOSE: This study evaluates the efficacy of intrauterine hCG perfusion for RIF, as defined by ESHRE 2023 guidelines, highlighting hCG as a cost-effective alternative to other immunotherapies, especially suitable for less developed regions…

Coridius chinensis is a traditional insect medicine in China. It is the dried whole insect of Coridius chinensis (Dallas) form the Pentatomidae family. Modern medical and pharmaceutical studies have successfully isolated and identified over…

BACKGROUND: Ovarian reactivity to gonadotrophin stimulation varies, and individual adjustments to the timing and dose of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist administration are necessary to prevent excessive increases and decre…

INTRODUCTION: Microwave ablation (MWA) effectively treats adenomyosis, yet symptom recurrence remains challenging. Thus, our study aims to explore the independent risk factors related to symptom recurrence after MWA of symptomatic adenomyos…

OBJECTIVES: Interleukin 33 (IL-33) is a crucial inflammatory factor that functions as an alarm signal in endometriosis (EMs). Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process related to inflammatory signals, intracellular reactive oxygen …

BACKGROUND: Among the POSEIDON criteria, group 3 and group 4 have an expected low prognosis. For those patients with inadequate ovary reserve, embryo accumulated from consecutive oocyte retrieval cycles for multiple frozen-thawed embryo tra…

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Wenshen Xiaozheng Tang (WXT), a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) decoction, is effective for treating endometriosis. However, the effect of WXT on endometrium-derived mesenchymal stem cells (eMSCs) which pl…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125) level and adenomyosis treatment failure (TF) after uterine artery embolization (UAE). METHODS: We evaluated 224 patients with symptomatic adenomyosis who un…

Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory disorder of the pancreas. Medical imaging, such as computed tomography (CT), has been widely used to detect volume changes in the pancreas for acute pancreatitis diagnosis. Many pancreas segmentation me…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To explore how to improve the treatment, and prognosis of ovarian pregnancy (OP). PATIENTS: A total of 111 OP patients, one of the patients suffered from OP twice. RESULTS: In this study, 112 OP cases confirmed by postope…

Background: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic recurrent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The conventional drugs for UC may induce severe side effects. Herbal medicine is considered as a complementary and alternative choice for UC. Purpo…

PURPOSE: Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) can be used in patients with infertility. This study explored the impact of TEAS on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes in …

BACKGROUND: N6-methyladenosine (m6A) has been identified as the most common, abundant, and conserved internal transcriptional modification. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are noncoding RNAs consisting of more than 200 nucleotides, and the ex…

PurposeTo identify the survival and prognostic factors for cardiac amyloidosis (CA) in Chinese patients.MethodsThis was a prospective cohort study of 72 patients diagnosed with CA and admitted to the PLA General Hospital between November 20…

Cumulus granulosa cells (cGCs) and mural granulosa cells (mGCs), although derived from the same precursors, are anatomically and functionally heterogeneous. They are critical for female fertility by supporting oocyte competence and follicul…

PURPOSE: Multiple regional nerve blocks proved no additional benefit in total laparoscopic hysterectomy in multimodal analgesia, as postoperative pain may mainly originate from the vaginal cuff. Theoretically, caudal block can relieve pain …