Raymond H W Li
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· 6 papers in corpus
observational
2025
PURPOSE: To assess the association of serum vitamin D level and the live birth rate in women undergoing frozen embryo transfer (FET). METHODS: This is a retrospective cohort study involving 1489 infertile women who had frozen embryo transf…
observational
2025
The role of gut microbiota in live birth attainment upon in vitro fertilization (IVF) remains unclear. We recruited 67 women, evaluated bacterial constituents in the serum, and analyzed the gut microbiota composition and functions prior to …
lab-animal
2024
BACKGROUND: The monthly regeneration of human endometrial tissue is maintained by the presence of human endometrial mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (eMSC), a cell population co-expressing the perivascular markers CD140b and CD146. Endometria…
lab-animal
2024
BACKGROUND: At menstruation, the functional layer of the human endometrium sheds off due to the trigger of the release of inflammatory factors, including interleukin 6 (IL-6), as a result of a sharp decline in progesterone levels, leading t…
observational
2022
OBJECTIVE: Vitamin D receptors are present in the female reproductive tract. Studies on the association between serum vitamin D level and pregnancy rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF) showed inconsistent results and focused on a single fre…
other
2021
BACKGROUND: In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a well-established method to treat various causes of infertility. Some previous retrospective studies suggested a lower ovarian response in Asian women compared to Caucasian women. However, the ov…