BACKGROUND: Novel therapeutic approaches for endometriosis based on molecular strategies may prove to be useful. Conditionally replicative adenoviruses (CRAds) are designed to exploit key differences between target and normal cells. The wil…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of integrin beta3 and osteopontin (OPN) in eutopic and ectopic endometrium of adenomyosis. METHODS: From January 2007 to July 2008, the endometrium specimens were collected from 43 patients with ade…
A series of 200 cases of endometriosis were treated laparoscopically by Nd: YAG laser and microwave at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. All the operations were performed under local and topical anesthesia follow-up for 10-48 months re…
In order to evaluate the drugs in treating endometriosis, the direct effects of gossypol acetate, danazol, progesterone, and gonadotropin releasing hormone-agonist (GnRH-A) on the isolated human endometrial cells were determined by DCC assa…
In order to study a direct effect of some traditional and western medicine on the prostaglandins (PGs) of endometriosis, endometriotic cell and endometrial cell in situ were cultured in vitro. 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and thromboxane (TXB2) were m…
Both aberrant endometrial cell and endometrial cell in situ, showed cyclic changes under the control of ovarian hormones. In this study, in order to observe a direct effect of medical therapy on the endometriosis, endometrial cells were cul…
Effects of the gossypol on endometriosis in 12 cases of control were observed. The results showed that the gossypol administered orally was effective in endometriosis patients. The basal body temperature changed from biophase to monophase. …