Yu-Kai Liu

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 2018-2025

Study types

  • other 4
  • article 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 6
other 2025
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) ·doi:10.1530/REP-24-0278

IN BRIEF: Endometriosis (EM) is a chronic inflammatory disease with unclear pathogenesis, in which peritoneal macrophages play a pivotal role. This study demonstrates that creatine (CR) induces M2 polarization of peritoneal macrophages, pro…

other 2024
Cell proliferation ·doi:10.1111/cpr.13702

The presence of extensive infiltrated macrophages with impaired phagocytosis is widely recognised as a significant regulator for the development of endometriosis (EMs). Nevertheless, the metabolic characteristics and the fundamental mechani…

other 2023
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease ·doi:10.1016/j.bbadis.2023.166761

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent, progesterone-resistant gynecological disease with an unknown pathogenesis. Compared to women without endometriosis, women with endometriosis have a remarkably high heme level in the peritoneal fluid. …

article 2019
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) ·doi:10.1530/rep-19-0028

Endometriosis (EMS) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by the presence of extrauterine endometrial tissues. It has been previously reported that the refluxed blood containing viable endometrial tissues and the defective elimina…

other 2019
International journal of molecular medicine ·doi:10.3892/ijmm.2018.4021

Angiogenesis is an essential process involved in various physiological, including placentation, and pathological, including cancer and endometriosis, processes. Melatonin (MLT), a well‑known natural hormone secreted primarily in the pineal …

article 2018
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) ·doi:10.1530/rep-18-0112

It has been reported that the impaired cytotoxicity of natural killer (NK) cells and abnormal cytokines that are changed by the interaction between ectopic endometrial cells and immune cells is indispensable for the initiation and developme…