Lei Zhang

No ORCID on file · 32 papers in corpus · active 2009-2026

Study types

  • article 15
  • other 9
  • preprint 3
  • case-report 1
  • paratext 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 18
  • adenomyosis 8
  • infertility 3
  • die_deep_infiltrating 2
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
other 2026
EBioMedicine ·doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106225

BACKGROUND: Adenomyosis diagnosis and classification relies primarily on magnetic resonance imaging or pathological examination. Liquid biopsy has been widely applied in oncology but remains underexplored for adenomyosis. We aimed to identi…

other 2026
Molecular biology reports ·doi:10.1007/s11033-026-11495-6

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis (EMs) is a chronic enigmatic gynecological disorder which pathogenesis have not been fully elucidated. Exosomes have been proven to participate in endometriosis. However, the role of exosomes in the pathogenesis of…

preprint 2025
·doi:10.2139/ssrn.5163331
other 2025
Frontiers in pharmacology ·doi:10.3389/fphar.2025.1702257

BACKGROUND: Spironolactone, eplerenone, and finerenone are three commonly used mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) with cardioprotective and renoprotective effects. However, comparative real-world safety evaluations remain limited…

other 2025
Endocrinology ·doi:10.1210/endocr/bqaf144

Previous studies show that orphan nuclear receptor 4A1 (NR4A1) regulates endometriotic cell growth, survival, estrogen receptor β (ERβ), mechanistic target of rapamycin signaling and fibrosis. NR4A2 is also expressed in epithelial and strom…

other 2025
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2025.12.015
other 2025
Journal of biomedical research ·doi:10.7555/JBR.39.20250194

While infections have been implicated in endometriosis pathogenesis, the role of human papillomavirus (HPV) remains unclear. This study combined a meta-analysis of seven studies with a case-control study ( n = 432 surgically treated patient…

article 2024
Annals of medicine ·doi:10.1080/07853890.2024.2402942

OBJECTIVE: This prospective observational study aims to demonstrate the clinical efficacy of dienogest in treating endometriomas with a maximum diameter of ≥4 cm. METHODS: = 81) with endometriomas (diameter of ≥4 cm) were enrolled and admin…

case-report 2024
Open life sciences ·doi:10.1515/biol-2022-0846

Cystic adenomyosis is a rare type of adenomyosis. The main clinical manifestation of uterine cystic adenomyoma is severe dysmenorrhoea, and the condition can be diagnosed by relevant clinical examination. The preferred treatment, with a goo…

other 2024
Frontiers in oncology ·doi:10.3389/fonc.2024.1387860

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis (EMS) is acknowledged as a risk factor for the development of endometrial cancer (EC), although the precise molecular mechanisms that underpin this association have yet to be fully elucidated. The primary objective…

preprint 2023
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-3253918/v1

Abstract Background: At present, clinical diagnosis and classification of adenomyosis are mainly dependent on MRI or pathological examination, and little research is carried out on molecular biomarkers for the diagnosis and classification o…

2023
·doi:10.1101/2023.04.19.537446
review 2023
Medicine ·doi:10.1097/md.0000000000034496

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis (EMT) is a benign and common estrogen-dependent disease. Hormonal therapy improves pain symptoms in most women with EMT. However, in many cases, laparoscopic fertility preservation surgery is considered a common tr…

article 2023
Endocrinology ·doi:10.1210/endocr/bqad133

Nuclear receptor 4A1 (NR4A1) plays an important role in endometriosis progression; levels of NR4A1 in endometriotic lesions are higher than in normal endometrium, and substituted bis-indole analogs (NR4A1) antagonists suppress endometriosis…

article 2023
·doi:10.1016/j.reprotox.2023.108522

The endometrium undergoes dynamic changes throughout the menstrual cycle and pregnancy, which is unique to primates. Endometrium remodeling is essential for the implantation and nutritional support of the conceptus. Despite this, the role o…

article 2022
·doi:10.2139/ssrn.4302568
other 2021
Frontiers in molecular biosciences ·doi:10.3389/fmolb.2021.656145

Endometriosis (EM) is a chronic neuroinflammatory disorder that is associated with pain and infertility that affects ∼10% of reproductive-age women. The pathophysiology and etiology of EM remain poorly understood, and diagnostic delays are …

article 2020
Frontiers in endocrinology ·doi:10.3389/fendo.2020.604648

Endometriosis is an inflammatory gynecological disorder characterized by endometrial tissue growth located outside of the uterine cavity in addition to chronic pelvic pain and infertility. In this study, we aim to develop a potential therap…

preprint 2020
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-56647/v1

Abstract Background: Endometriosis (EMS) is a chronic gynaecological disease. Exosomal miRNAs appear to be associated with the progression of EMS, which suggest potential circulating biomarkers in EMS. Methods: Differential centrifugation, …

paratext 2019
·doi:10.23937/2377-9004/6/6

Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome (HWHS) is a rare developmental anomaly of Mullerian ducts, characterized by the presence of a uterus didelphys with longitudinal vaginal septum obstructing the hemivagina and the presence of ipsilateral ren…

article 2018
·doi:10.1016/j.jtcm.2017.04.001
2017
·doi:10.20944/preprints201710.0059.v1
article 2016

Microglia and astrocytes play important role in maintaining the homeostasis of central nervous system (CNS). Several CNS impacts have been postulated to be associated with radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields exposure. Given the impor…

article 2016
Zhongguo Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi Zhongguo Zhongxiyi jiehe zazhi = Chinese journal of integrated traditional and Western medicine

OBJECTIVE: To observe the efficacy of ultrasonic conductometric acupoint penetration of Wenhua Zhitong Recipe (WZR) in treating adenomyosis. METHODS: Totally 40 adenomyosis patients with Shen-deficiency blood stasis syndrome were randomly a…

article 2016

Steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1), a transcriptional factor essential for estrogen biosynthesis, is undetectable in endometrial stromal cells and aberrantly expressed in endometriotic stromal cells.Objective:We tried to gain further insight int…