Shaw‐Jenq Tsai
ORCID: 0000-0002-3569-5813
· 56 papers in corpus
lab-animal
2003
Fibroblast growth factor-9 (FGF-9) is a steroid-regulated mitogen and survival factor for nerve and mesenchymal cells. In the current study, we determined the expression pattern and functional roles of FGF-9 in the ectopic endometriotic les…
2003
observational
2003
OBJECTIVE: The aims of this retrospective study were to investigate whether the quantification of ovarian stromal blood flow and/or leptin concentration are predictive of in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes in women after laparoscopic ova…
lab-animal
2003
Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) regulates the first committed step in the biosynthesis of steroids, and thus aberrant expression of StAR in endometriotic implants plays a critical role in the etiology of endometriosis. However…
other
2002
Prostaglandin (PG) E2 has been shown to stimulate steroidogenesis in ectopic endometriotic stromal cells and may be involved in the development of endometriosis since this disorder is highly estrogen dependent. The biosynthesis of PGE2 is c…
other
2001
The regulation of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) gene expression and the synthesis of steroids from cholesterol in ectopic endometriosis tissues were investigated. Peritoneal fluid and endometrial tissues were collected from …