Endometriosis is a disease that involves dysfunction of mitochondria, imbalance of proliferation, and apoptosis. Coiled-coil-helix-coiled-coil-helix domain containing 2 (CHCHD2) is a major mitochondrial protein which could regulate the mito…
OBJECTIVE: Ethiodized poppy seed oil for hysterosalpingography (HSG) is reported to display some therapeutic effect on infertility, but big a sample-size study under real clinical settings is still lacking to verify the speculation. Thus, t…
The vagina contains at least a billion microbial cells, dominated by lactobacilli. Here we perform metagenomic shotgun sequencing on cervical and fecal samples from a cohort of 516 Chinese women of reproductive age, as well as cervical, fec…
BACKGROUND: Although oocyte quality is the dominant factor determining embryo quality, few studies have been conducted to evaluate embryo quality based on the metabolites related to the oocyte. With quantification of the follicular fluid (F…
BACKGROUND: Research into the pathogenesis of endometriosis (EMs) would substantially promote its effective treatment and early diagnosis. However, the aetiology of EMs is poorly understood and controversial despite the progress in EMs rese…
BACKGROUND: Cold, an environmental factor, induces many reproductive diseases. It is known that endothelin (ET) is a potent vasoconstrictor, and cold stress can increase the expression of ET and its receptors. The cold stress rat model was …
Little is known about the genetic alterations characteristic of ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC). Our aim was to identify targetable genomic alterations in this type of cancer. Forty-two OCCC formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tiss…
Ovarian cancer (OC) is most common type of gynecologic cancer and is frequently lethal. It is important to determine the pathologic mechanisms underlying OC. ZNF93 is a member of the zinc finger protein family. Abnormal expression of ZNF93 …
OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of GnRHa on adenomyosis by transvaginal elastography. METHODS: A prospective observational study included patients who were diagnosed as adenomyosis by conventional transvaginal ultrasound and infertility.…
OBJECTIVE: To explore whether operation can change the elasticity of levator ani in deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) with operation and pharmacotherapy using transperineal elastography. METHODS: Total thirty-four patients who were dia…
Triterpenoids are distributed widely in higher plants and are of interest because of their structural diversity and broad range of bioactivities. In particular, there is a very large literature on the propensity of a variety of triterpenoid…
Intrauterine adhesion (IUA) is one of the most common diseases of the reproductive system. Due to the high postoperative recurrence rate of IUA, it is crucial to identify the possible causes of pathogenesis and recurrence of this disease. I…
PURPOSE: To assess the elasticity of the pelvic floor muscle (PFM) affected by deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) with transperineal elastography. METHODS: This prospective observational study included 88 patients who were diagnosed wit…
PURPOSE: Polydatin, a stilbenoid glucoside of a resveratrol derivative, has many biological functions, including antitumor effects. However, the antitumor effects of polydatin in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) have not been investigated. MATER…
To test the hypothesis that the lesional stiffness as measured by transvaginal elastosonography (TVESG) correlates with the extent of fibrosis in adenomyotic (AM) lesions, and thus TVESG can be used to diagnose AM, we conducted 2 studies. T…
This study aims to determine whether clinical evaluation of improved MyoSure hysteroscopic tissue removal system can remove type II submucosal myomas with safety and high success rate of the first operation.Fifty-three patients with type II…
Background. Dysmenorrhea is a common problem for which acupuncture provides effective analgesia. Although acupoint selection affects the effectiveness of acupuncture, the basic rules of acupoint selection are little understood. This study a…
Parovarian cysts are common disorders which constitute 10-20% of adnexal masses in pathologically verified series. Most of these cysts are benign, and borderline parovarian tumors are rare and documented only as case reports in the literatu…
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical value of strain elastography for detection of the lesion extent of large-scar endometriosis and compare it to conventional sonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). …
OBJECTIVES: To detect specific mitochondrial proteins in eutopic endometrial samples from women with and without endometriosis and to build diagnostic models. DESIGN: Eutopic endometrial samples from women with endometriosis (excluding ade…
Adenomyosis and endometriosis have a similar pathogenesis; indeed, adenomyosis has been considered by some as a variant of endometriosis ('internal endometriosis'). This study aimed to detect differences in mitochondrial proteins in eutopic…
OBJECTIVE: Our study is to investigate whether tyrosine kinase receptor B (TrkB) is expressed in eutopic endometrium of women with adenomyosis and its association with clinical characteristics. METHODS: We collected endometrial tissues fro…
PURPOSE: Researchers have launched a new area of febrile investigations on the autophagy-related gene Beclin 1. Our aim is to investigate whether Beclin 1 expression is altered in eutopic endometrium of women with adenomyosis and its associ…