OBJECTIVE: HOXA10, expressed in endometrium, plays an important role in uterine receptivity at the time of implantation. In the endometrium of women with endometriosis, its expression is reduced. The aim of this study was to determine wheth…
Endometriosis, defined as the presence of endometrial glandular and stromal cells outside the uterine cavity, is a common gynecological disease with poorly understood pathogenesis. Using laser capture microdissection and a cDNA microarray w…
OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that endometriosis may originate from genomic alterations in the endometrium by genomic analysis of endometrial tissues in patients with endometriosis and compare them with those from normal controls. METH…
OBJECTIVE: To identify the possible risk factors of endometriosis in Chengdu. METHODS: A hospital-based pair matched case-control study was carried out in 100 pair of female patients with endometriosis and their controls. The data were ana…
The effects of estradiol and tamoxifen on the proliferation of estrogen receptor positive cells and the relationship between the tamoxifen tolerance and cell origin were investigated. The tissues of human endometrium and breast cancer were …
OBJECTIVE: To determine the clonal origins of endometriotic lesions using laser capture microdissection and PCR-based HUMARA assay. DESIGN: Molecular genetic study of human tissue. SETTING: Molecular genetics laboratory in an academic set…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate a new method of integrated laparoscopy with Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) in treating endometrial ovarian cyst. METHODS: One hundred and fifty-two patients with endometrial ovarian cyst were randomly treated with …