Hou Z
ORCID: 0000-0003-3093-0279
· 38 papers in corpus
2019
BackgroundThere is much value in identifying non-invasive ways of measuring endometrial receptivity, as it has the potential to improve outcomes following in vitro fertilization (IVF). It has been suggested that endometrial echogenicity on …
2017
Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is a common gynecological disorder which, while not life‑threatening, severely affects the quality of life of women. Most patients with PD suffer ovarian hormone imbalances caused by uterine contraction, which resu…
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2017
Introduction: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory gynecological disorder that causes pelvic pain. Due to the heterogeneity of the disease, response to any treatment in an individual is variable. We aimed to develop in vitro testing that…
2017
Lead (Pb) is a well-known toxicant, especially for the developing nervous system, albeit the mechanism is largely unknown. In this study, we use time series RNA-seq to conduct a genome-wide survey of the transcriptome response of human embr…
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2016
Activin A can stimulate aromatase P450 (P450arom) expression in eutopic endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) of endometriosis by activin type I receptor-Smad pathway. In order to identify Smad3/4 binding to P450arom promoter II that mediates ac…
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2015
Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), a proinflammatory cytokine, may play an important role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis; therefore, TNF-α inhibitors potentially have an effect on endometriosis. To investigate the effect of anti-TNF-α t…
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2014
OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and clinical outcomes of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF/ICSI-ET) cycles in patients with endometriosis. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the data of i…
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2013
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the factors associated with clinical pregnancy rate of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in endometriosis related infertility. METHODS: Total of 326 patients with endometriosis related infertility undergoing IVF between Ja…
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2010
ObjectiveRecent studies have shown that the local expression of soluble interleukin (IL) -1 receptor type II (sIL-1 RII) in endometrial tissue of women with endometriosis is decreased, and the depression of IL-1 RII was more significant in …
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2009
Cytokines are key mediators of intercellular communication and are likely to promote the development and progression of endometriosis. Previous studies provided evidence that endometriosis develops as a result of the pathogenetic factors in…
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2009
The transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the upper urinary tract is relatively uncommon. The clinical presentation of TCCs and many other diseases of the upper urinary tract are nonspecific, and most of these lesions are usually necessary t…
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2007
AIM: To develop a gene therapy vector of interleukin-1 receptor II(IL-1RII) with recombinant adenovirus and express IL-1RII in the eutopic stromal cells of endometriosis(EM). METHODS: Get full length of cDNA with IL-1RII gene was obtained b…
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2007
ObjectiveTo determine the role of interleukin-1 receptor type II (IL-1RII) in the pathogenesis of endometriosis.DesignCultures of endometrial cells exposed to soluble IL-1RII or the recombinant adenovirus of IL-1RII (rAd-RII).SettingGynecol…