Heng-Kien Au
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· 6 papers in corpus
· active 2004-2018
Study types
- review 3
- article 2
- other 1
Condition tags
- endometriosis 6
- infertility 1
- adenomyosis 1
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Frequent coauthors
- Au HK 6
- Chii-Ruey Tzeng 5
- Tzeng CR 5
- Yen‐Hua Huang 4
- Chang CW 2
- Ching-Wen Chang 2
- Le-Ming Wang 2
- Chang JH 2
- Huei-Wen Chen 2
- Chen YH 2
review
2018
Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent inflammatory disease that affects up to 10% of women of reproductive age and accounts for up to 50% of female infertility cases. It has been highly associated with poorer outcomes of assisted reproduct…
article
2015
Transforming growth factor (TGF-β)/TGF-β receptor signal is known to promote cell migration. Up-regulation of TGF-β in serum/peritoneal fluid and increased levels of pluripotent transcription factor OCT4 in endometriotic tissues are frequen…
article
2013
ObjectiveTo identify the impact of the pluripotent transcription factor OCT4 in endometrial cell migration and endometriosis.DesignThe OCT4 expression and cell migration study.SettingResearch institution and reproductive medical clinic.Pati…
other
2012
Recently, endometrial hyperplasia was identified as presenting a higher risk for progressing to endometrial carcinoma more readily than adenomyosis. The Lcn-2 gene encodes neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), which promotes ce…
review
2005
The physiological changes in endometriosis involving multiple steps of matrix remodeling include abnormal tissue growth, invasion, and adhesion formation. Endometriosis-associated abnormal matrix remodeling is affected by several molecular …
review
2004
Endometriosis is a benign but aggressive disease. It occurs when shed endometrium from the female reproductive tract grows at a site outside the uterus. The physiological changes in endometriosis-abnormal tissue growth, invasion, and adhesi…