A 26-year-old gravida 2, para 2-0-0-2 woman with a recent uncomplicated vaginal delivery 10 weeks prior presented to our hospital with 5 weeks of abdominal swelling and discomfort. Four weeks after delivery, the patient began having right u…
Background/aimsThis study describes the peritoneal microcirculation, compares quantitative parameters and angioarchitecture to the standard of sublingual microcirculatory assessment, and determines the practical feasibility of this method.M…
Podocyte apoptosis is considered as the important element that promotes the development and progress of membranous nephropathy (MN). Unfortunately, the underlying mechanism of podocytes apoptosis in MN remains elusive. We compared the renal…
PURPOSE: Recent studies have shown that abnormal distribution of pelvic nerves contributes to endometriosis-associated pain. However, the relationship between neurogenesis and pain severity in endometriosis still remains uncertain, which ma…
Endometriosis is a complex and heterogeneous disorder with unknown etiology. Dysregulation of macrophages and innervation are important factors influencing the pathogenesis of endometriosis-associated pain. It is known to be an estrogen-dep…
Primary dysmenorrhoea, defined as painful menstrual cramps in the absence of pelvic pathology, is a common problem in women of reproductive age. Its aetiology and pathophysiology remain largely unknown. Here we performed a two-stage genome-…
ObjectiveThis study aimed to compare the accuracy of rectal cancer restaging after neoadjuvant therapy with 3D CUBE sequence with 2D T2-weighted fast spin-echo (FSE) sequence.MethodsThis retrospective study comprised 72 patients with rectal…
Survivin is a proto-oncogene biomarker known for its anti-apoptotic and cell cycle regulating properties induced by the activation of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway. In the context of non-cancer pathology, such as rheumato…
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a cardiovascular disease which is contributed by abnormal neovascularization. VEGFA (vascular endothelial growth factor A) and VEGFR2 (vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2) have been revealed to be i…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and quality of life of segmental bowel resection for bowel endometriosis. METHODS: Totally 62 symptomatic patients with bowel endometriosis undergoing segmental bowel resection were recruited. A visual an…
Our objective has been to establish a pro-angiogenic role for exosomes in endometriosis and to determine whether a differential expression profile of cellular and exosomal microRNAs (miRNAs) exists in endometriosis. We performed an in vitro…
CD47 is a membrane receptor that belongs to the immunoglobulin superfamily and plays an important role in the mechanisms of tumor immune escape. CD47 participates in tumor immune escape by combining with SIRPα to reduce the phagocytic activ…
Previous studies have demonstrated the involvement of nerve repellent factors in regulation of the imbalanced innervation of endometriosis. This prospective study aims to explore the role of Sema 3A in regulating aberrant sympathetic innerv…
While depression has been associated with infertility treatments, it is not routinely assessed in women prior to undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. Findings are mixed regarding the degree to which women report depression pri…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the serum levels of ICAM-1 and its relationship to the extent of the disease. METHODS: Serum sICAM-1 levels of 21 women with endometriosis were measured with a specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and 21 wom…
OBJECTIVE: To examine the expression of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) in the endometrium of patients with and without endometriosis. METHODS: A reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-P…
OBJECTIVE: To detect the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and thrombospondin (TSP)-1 mRNA in the ectopic and eutopic endometrium of patients with endometriosis. METHODS: Thirty-two specimens of ovarian endometrioma, 1…