Intrauterine adhesions (IUA), characterized by endometrial fibrosis, is a common cause of uterine infertility. We previously demonstrated that partial epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and the loss of epithelial homeostasis play a vit…
Abstract Purpose To establish a reliable nomogram model to predict the risk of major adverse pregnancy outcomes in pregnant women with adenomyosis, and to provide a reference tool for the hierarchical management and the prenatal examinatio…
BACKGROUND: Defects in the pelvic floor connective tissue may underlie the etiology of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). We hypothesized that the expression of proteins regulating extracellular matrix turnover is altered in the uterosacral ligam…
OBJECTIVE: To explore the influencing factors of decision-making in patients with adenomyosis, who are receiving high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment. METHODS: A total of 776 patients with adenomyosis were enrolled into HIFU …
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at higher risk for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related morbidity and mortality. However, a significant portion of CKD patients showed hesitation toward vaccination in telephone survey o…
BACKGROUND: N6-methyladenosine (m6A) methylation has been reported to participate in inflammatory bowel disease (including Crohn disease [CD]). However, the prognostic and therapeutic implication of m6A methylation modification in CD is sti…
Non-coding RNA is still one of the most popular fields in biology research. In recent years, people paid more attention to the roles of H19 in lung diseases, which expressed abnormally in various pathological process. Therefore, this review…
BACKGROUND: The gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) has been used in in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) cycles for a long time. This paper evaluates the efficacy and safety of two commonly used pr…
Abstract Background WNT4 gene polymorphism are common in endometriosis and may functionally link estrogen and estrogen receptor signaling. Previous study confirmed estrogen and estrogen receptor signaling recruit macrophage to promote the p…
OBJECTIVE: The association between use of birth control pills and thyroid function in women has not ever been well studied, but potential risk has been implicated by small sample-sized studies. We aimed to determine this association using a…
Disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis (DPL), also known as leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata, is a rare disease characterized by multiple benign smooth muscle tumors proliferating along the peritoneal surfaces. The cause of the disea…
BACKGROUND: Diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) is the precursor state of ovarian failure and can cause the decline of women's reproductive function. DOR also leads to poor outcome of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) by affe…
Epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) is one of the most common gynecologic malignancies with a high mortality rate. Serum biomarkers and imaging approaches are insufficient in identifying EOC patients at an early stage. This study is to set u…
Endometriosis has been associated with a high risk of infertility. However, the underlying molecular mechanism of infertility in endometriosis remains poorly understood. In our study, we aimed to discover topologically important genes relat…
Endometriosis can cause severe social burdens. Abnormal circular RNA levels have been found to lead to changes of related gene expression, thereby mediating the occurrence and development of a series of diseases, including endometriosis. Th…
Although keratin 15 (KRT15) has been indicated to be overexpressed in several types of tumor, its role in breast invasive carcinoma (BRCA) has so far remained elusive. The aim of the present study was to explore KRT15 expression in BRCA bas…
Abstract Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a prevalent endocrine condition characterized by endocrine, reproductive and metabolic dysfunction. At present, there is no cure for PCOS and current treatments are suboptimal. Obesity and advers…
Recently, few noninvasive methods have been reported to evaluate endometrial fibrosis. Our study was to investigate the feasibility of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) MR imaging in the detection of endometrial fibrosis in patients with …
BACKGROUND: Microwave ablation (MWA) is widely used to treat unresectable primary and secondary malignancies of the liver, and a limited number of studies indicate that ablation can cause not only necrosis at the in situ site but also an im…
This article reports the pathologic features and malignant biological behavior of a perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasm (PEComa) with the clinical manifestation being endometrial polyps. The case was cured with curettage in a local hospi…
Many gene products exhibit great structural heterogeneity because of an array of modifications. These modifications are not directly encoded in the genomic template but often affect the functionality of proteins. Protein glycosylation plays…
Mammalian STE20-like kinase 1 (MST1) plays an important role in pancreatic cancer progression, but its downstream targets are still unknown. In the present study, our results indicated that MST1 expression was significantly downregulated in…
BACKGROUND: Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are genetic elements in the human genome, which resulted from ancient retroviral germline infections. HERVs have strong transcriptional promoters and enhancers that affect a cell's transcrip…