Wu Z

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have identified that exposure to heavy metals increases the prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs); however, limited information exists regarding the association between combined exposure to barium (Ba) a…

INTRODUCTION: Emerging evidence indicates that dysregulated palmitic acid (PA) homeostasis plays a key role in inducing lipotoxicity and cellular dysfunction in mammalian endometrial epithelial cells. While this phenomenon has been document…

This study reveals the association between gene copy number variants (CNVs) and integrin expression in endometrial tissue, especially focusing on patients with repeated implantation failure and unexplained infertility. The CNV expression, i…

Chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP) poses significant socioeconomic and humanitarian challenges. This study investigated relationships between resting-state neural activation in the somatosensory cortex (SMC) and emotional functioning outcome…

BACKGROUND: Alcohol use is a major risk factor for pancreatitis and global mortality. Despite its impact, comprehensive analyses of the burden across regions and sociodemographic strata remain scarce. This study examines global trends (1990…

BACKGROUND: Polypoid endometriosis is rare and differs from classic endometriosis. It has been primarily documented in case reports and often misdiagnosed as malignancy. The aim of this study is to report three separate cases of polypoid en…

Zaigui Wu,1,2 Qiong Xu,3 Yao Sun,4 Fei Ruan1,2 1Department of General Gynecology, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics …

BACKGROUND: Infertility poses a significant burden on both global and national scales. However, the epidemiology of primary infertility among reproductive-aged couples in China remains poorly understood. Therefore, this study aimed to inves…

Background/Objectives: Aromatase plays a crucial role in the conversion of androgens to oestrogens and is often overexpressed in hormone-dependent tumours, particularly breast cancer. [18F]BIBD-071, which has excellent binding affinity for …

Over the past decade, consumer wearable sensors have become increasingly ubiquitous in health monitoring, enabling the widespread tracking of key biophysical parameters. The transition towards next-generation body-interfaced biomolecular se…

AIM: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) can improve long-term cardio-renal outcomes in patients with diabetes, heart failure (HF), or renal failure. We aimed to investigate the association of SGLT2is with the risks of vario…

PurposeProtectin D1 (PD1), a biologically active molecule derived from docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), plays a major role in the body's endogenous lipid-mediated inflammatory response. The study aims to explore the relationship between PD1, inf…

INTRODUCTION: Cardiac arrest during pregnancy is receiving increasing attention. However, there are few reports on cardiac arrest in nonpregnant women caused by abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB). We report a case in which extracorporeal cardi…

OBJECTIVE: To establish a nomogram model for predicting clinical pregnancy rate in patients with endometriosis undergoing fresh embryo transfer. METHODS: We retrospectively collected the data of 464 endometriosis patients undergoing fresh …

RESEARCH QUESTION: Is it possible to predict blastocyst quality, embryo chromosomal ploidy, and clinical pregnancy outcome after single embryo transfer from embryo developmental morphokinetic parameters? DESIGN: The morphokinetic parameter…

BACKGROUND: This study examined the improvement of dysmenorrhoea and menorrhagia after uterine artery embolisation (UAE) in women with symptomatic adenomyosis and identified factors that could predict the improvement of dysmenorrhoea and me…

PURPOSE: Struma ovarii is a highly specialized teratoma consisting primarily of mature thyroid tissue. However, malignant struma ovarii coexisting with thyroid carcinoma, not to mention autoimmune disease, is uncommon. Malignant struma ovar…

BackgroundIatrogenic bile duct injuries (BDIs) prevention during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) relies on meticulous anatomical dissections through direct visualization. Near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) with indocyanine green (ICG) impr…

Lymphatic vessels, comprising the secondary circulatory system in human body, play a multifaceted role in maintaining homeostasis among various tissues and organs. They are tasked with a serious of responsibilities, including the regulation…

PURPOSE: This study evaluates the efficacy of intrauterine hCG perfusion for RIF, as defined by ESHRE 2023 guidelines, highlighting hCG as a cost-effective alternative to other immunotherapies, especially suitable for less developed regions…

Non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) is the most incurable form of male infertility with a complex etiology. Long non-cording RNAs (lncRNAs) were associated with regulating spermatogenesis. Herein, differentially expressed lncRNAs between NOA …

BACKGROUND: Ensuring women's sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a fundamental human right and key to 2030 agenda of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), yet limited evidence exists on SRH in China, including national estimates …

BACKGROUND: Previous research has demonstrated that exposure to individual heavy metals elevates the incidence rate of congenital heart defects (CHDs). However, there is a paucity of data concerning the relationship between combined exposur…

BACKGROUND: Laser-assisted hatching (LAH) stands as the predominant technique for removing the zona pellucida (ZP) in embryos, primarily consisting of two methods: drilling laser-assisted hatching (D-LAH) and thinning laser-assisted hatchin…

The vaginal microbiome plays an essential role in the reproductive health of human females. As infertility increases worldwide, understanding the roles that the vaginal microbiome may have in infertility and in vitro fertilization (IVF) tre…