Dai J

ORCID: 0009-0008-4420-8336 · 36 papers in corpus
2018
Stem cell research & therapy ·doi:10.1186/s13287-018-0904-3

BackgroundIntrauterine adhesions (IUA) are the most common cause of uterine infertility and are caused by endometrium fibrotic regeneration following severe damage to the endometrium. Although current stem cell treatment options using diffe…

2018
GigaScience ·doi:10.1093/gigascience/giy107

BackgroundThe human uterus is traditionally believed to be sterile, while the vaginal microbiota plays an important role in fending off pathogens. Emerging evidence demonstrates the presence of bacteria beyond the vagina. However, a microbi…

2017
Oncotarget ·doi:10.18632/oncotarget.16781

Gene fusions play a critical role in some cancers and can serve as important clinical targets. In epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), the contribution of fusions, especially by histological type, is unclear. We therefore screened for recurrent…

2017
British journal of pharmacology ·doi:10.1111/bph.14057

Background and purposeDopamine has multiple anti-inflammatory effects, but its role and molecular mechanism in acute pancreatitis (AP) are unclear. We investigated the role of dopamine signalling in the inflammatory response in AP.Experimen…

other 2017
Nature communications ·doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00901-0

Reports on bacteria detected in maternal fluids during pregnancy are typically associated with adverse consequences, and whether the female reproductive tract harbours distinct microbial communities beyond the vagina has been a matter of de…

2016
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-016-0693-5

PurposeThe objective of this study is to investigate the effect of 2, 5, and 20 % O2 on post-thaw day 3 human embryo culture until blastocyst stage.MethodsOne hundred fifty-five day 3 human embryos were used. One hundred twenty out of 155 e…

2016
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dew143

Study questionIs protein expression of the muscle segment homeobox gene family member MSX1 altered in the human secretory endometrium by cell type, developmental stage or fertility?Summary answerMSX1 protein levels, normally elevated in the…

2016
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719115607993

We investigated the ability of reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), hydroxyl radical ((·)OH), and hypochlorous acid (HOCl), to overcome the defensive capacity of cumulus cells and elucidate the mechanism thro…

2015
Infection and immunity ·doi:10.1128/iai.00154-15

Although Chlamydia-induced hydrosalpinx in women and mice has been used as a surrogate marker for tubal infertility, the medical relevance of nontubal pathologies, such as uterine horn dilation, developed in mice following chlamydial infect…

2015
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121112

BackgroundLeucine-rich alpha-2-glycoprotein (LRG1) was found to be differentially expressed in sera from patients with Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC). The aim of this study is to investigate the performance of LRG1 for detection of EOC, in…

2012
Human molecular genetics ·doi:10.1093/hmg/dds334

Recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified common genetic variants at 5p15.33, 6p21-6p22 and 15q25.1 associated with lung cancer risk. Several other genetic regions including variants of CHEK2 (22q12), TP53BP1 (15q15) an…