Endometriosis (EM) is a mysterious and complicated disease that has been found to be multifactorial. Recent studies demonstrated that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play an important role in the pathogenesis of EM. However, the functional an…
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin-D [25(OH)D] and female infertility and to further explore the role of inflammatory cytokines. METHOD: We recruited 356 infertile women diagnose…
Pelvic abscess in women with endometriosis is more severe and refractory to antibiotics and puncture treatment. Active surgical intervention is required. Although surgical procedures are often difficult, prognosis is comparatively satisfied…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether laparoscopic excision of ovarian endometriomas pretreated with operation by gynecologists or reproductive surgeons exerts different effects on in vitro fertilization-intracytoplasmic sperm injection results…
Reports on bacteria detected in maternal fluids during pregnancy are typically associated with adverse consequences, and whether the female reproductive tract harbours distinct microbial communities beyond the vagina has been a matter of de…
BackgroundTo investigate the effects and involved mechanisms of the modified Yi Qi decoction (MYQ) in cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (IR) induced injury.MethodsMale Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to a 30-min coronary arterial occlusion fo…
OBJECTIVES: To study the potential pathogenesis of endometriosis (EMs) in an area of estrogen receptors (ERs) and tyrosine kinase receptor type B (TrkB) expressions in tissues from patients with EMs. STUDY DESIGN: The authors examined the e…
High-motility group box protein 1 (HMGB1) has an important role in autophagy; however, its exact role in acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) remains unknown. The present study aimed to investigate the expression pattern of HMGB1 in ANP, an…
Notch3 and pS6 play important roles in tumor angiogenesis. To assess the expression of Notch3 and pS6 in Chinese ovarian epithelial cancer patients, a ten-year follow-up study was performed in ovarian epithelial cancer tissues from 120 spec…
PurposeTo compare contrast-enhanced isotropic 3D-GRE-T1WI sequence vs. conventional non-isotropic sequence in terms of image quality, estimated signal-to-noise ratio (eSNR), relative tumor contrast and performance of cervical cancer staging…
Growth hormone (GH) is involved in the regulation of male and female infertility. Several clinical studies reveal that adjuvant GH treatment has a possible role in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), especi…
Mesenchymal stem cells are therapeutically applicable and involved in the development of some types of diseases including estrogen (E2)-related ones. Little is known about E2 secretion by mesenchymal stem cells and its potential influence o…
The ectopic endometrial tissues lining the lumen of the fallopian tubes are currently defined as either "endometrial colonization" or "endometriosis" on the basis of their location within or beyond the isthmic portion of the fallopian tubes…
Prunella vulgaris (PV), a commonly used Chinese herb, also known as Self-heal, has a wide range of reported medicinal activities. By screening multiple herbs using the endometrial cancer cell line, ECC-1, and an alkaline phosphatase detecti…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of endothelin-1 (ET-1) and its receptors (ET(A)R, ET(B)R) in patients with endometriosis and to explore the possible role of them in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. METHODS: The tissues of ectopic…