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BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a complex gynaecological disorder that affects 10%-15% of reproductive-age women and is characterized by chronic inflammation, pelvic pain, and infertility. Although mitochondrial dysfunction is implicated in en…
AIM: To identify the predictors for periureteral adhesions preoperatively. METHODS: Preoperative predictors for periureteral adhesions were evaluated in 407 patients who underwent laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) for benign uterine diseases …
OBJECTIVE: To identify cytokines or extracellular matrix components that contribute to adhesion to, and invasion of, the peritoneum, proximal to lesions in the early phase of endometriosis. DESIGN: Laboratory-based study. SETTING: Univers…
Accessory and Cavitated Uterine Mass (ACUM) is a condition defined by the presence of a non-communicating uterine mass close to the insertion of the round ligament. ACUM is a rare Müllerian anomaly found in young women and is diagnosed by t…
Primary ureteral endometriosis is considered to be an uncommon form with an incidence of less than 0.1% in endometriosis. We reported a case of retroperitoneal endometrioid carcinoma possibly arising from ureteral endometriosis. A 52-year-o…
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disorder associated with pelvic pain and infertility. Because surgical and medical therapies control symptoms, but it is hard to cure completely endometriosis, long term of pharmacologic management is…
Decidualization of the endometrium and endometriosis involves the morphological and biochemical reprogramming of the estrogen-primed proliferative stromal compartment under the continuing influence of progesterone. Here, we evaluated the in…
STUDY QUESTION: What are the roles of the microRNA miR-210-an miRNA that is up-regulated in endometriotic cyst stromal cells (ECSCs)-in the pathogenesis of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Up-regulated miR-210 expression in ECSCs is involved …
CONTEXT: Accumulating evidence suggests that various epigenetic aberrations play definite roles in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to determine the epigenetically silenced genes by histone deacet…
STUDY QUESTION: What is the global expression pattern of microRNAs (miRNAs) in endometriotic stromal cells and is miR-196b involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Several miRNAs are aberrantly expressed in endometrio…
PROBLEM: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the involvement of death receptor (DR) 6 in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. METHODS OF STUDY: Endometriotic cyst stromal cells (ECSCs) and normal endometrial stromal cells (NESCs) were is…
Endometriosis, a common, benign, estrogen-dependent disease affecting 3-10% of women of reproductive age, is characterized by the ectopic growth of endometrial tissue that is found primarily in the peritoneum, ovaries and rectovaginal septu…
We used a combination assay of serum sialyl SSEA-1 antigen (SLX) and CA125 levels, and evaluated the clinical usefulness of this technique for a differential diagnosis of ovarian cancer, benign ovarian tumor and endometriosis. In 82 patient…
Sialyl SSEA-1 antigen (SLX) is a highly specific tumor marker composed of sugar chain antigens that have Lewis X at their terminals and bind to sialic acid. This antigen is rarely detected in normal tissues, and is present in adenocarcinoma…
We used a combination assay of serum sialyl SSEA-1 antigen (SLX) and CA125 levels, and evaluated the clinical usefulness of this technique for a diagnosis of ovarian cancer and follow-up of the patient with ovarian cancer. In 28 patients wi…
To study the clinical usefulness and false-positive results of CA 125 as a tumor marker of ovarian cancer, we measured serum CA 125 levels in 197 patients with gynecological diseases, 274 normal, pregnant and postpartum women, 14 patients w…
To differentiate pre-operatively between leiomyomata uteri and adenomyosis, we measured serum levels of an antigen (CA 125) common to most nonmucinous epithelial ovarian carcinoma in patients with benign uterine tumor (11 of leiomyomata ute…