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BACKGROUND: Infertility affects one in six individuals worldwide despite the advancement of assisted reproductive technologies. Successful embryo implantation is the first step of pregnancy, which relies on the establishment of a receptive …
In brief: Deep endometriosis is a highly invasive and severely painful disorder. This study identifies interleukin-17A as a central mediator that links immune-driven inflammation to the acquisition of pathogenic behaviors, including prolife…
BackgroundInfertility constitutes a dyadic stressor, as it inherently involves both members of a couple; nevertheless, its psychological impact is frequently evaluated from an individual perspective. We tested whether etiologic diagnosis (m…
OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent chronic inflammatory disease in women of reproductive age. A review of the literature revealed that cytokines and inflammatory factors are associated with endometriosis-associated infertilit…
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease affecting women of reproductive age. Patients with endometriosis frequently experience severe chronic pain and have higher chances to experience infertility. Progesterone resistanc…
Recent work by Muraoka and colleagues reports that the Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum is detected in the uterus of 64% of women with endometriosis. Fusobacterium infection causes macrophage infiltration, transform…
STUDY QUESTION: Does YAP1 inhibition alleviate progesterone resistance in endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: YAP1 inhibition reduces progesterone resistance in vitro and in vivo. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: Progesterone resistance not only causes …
Background/aimThe over-expression of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) protein is found in oral cancer tissues. However, the genetic role of the enhancer of EZH2 in the etiology of oral cancer is unknown. The aim of this study was to evalu…
OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent, benign, and chronic gynecological disorder occurring in women of reproductive age. Although the pathogenesis of endometriosis is poorly understood, implantation theory indicates that viable…
Endometriosis is a hormone-responsive gynecologic disease, signifying its connotations across a woman's life span. Previous studies suggested that endocrine disrupting chemicals were risk factors for endometriosis. Nevertheless, little is k…
OBJECTIVE: Ovarian endometrioma is a cyst composed of endometrial tissue and is present in 20%-40% of patients with endometriosis. Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent benign and chronic gynecological disease that affects women of reprodu…
Ovarian cancer is the most lethal of the gynecologic malignancies. N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 6 (GALNT6), an enzyme that mediates the initial step of mucin type-O glycosylation, has been reported to regulate mammary carcinogenesis. H…
BackgroundMycotic aortic aneurysm (MAA) is a rare clinical entity with an incidence of 1-3%, but it is a life-threatening infection of aorta characterized by dilatation of aorta with false lumen. Multiple MAAs have been reported rarely with…