BACKGROUND: Associations of bisphenol A and phthalates with chronic disease health outcomes are increasingly being investigated in epidemiologic studies. The majority of previous studies of within-person variability in urinary bisphenol A a…
BACKGROUND: Clear-cell carcinoma transformed from an abdominal wall scar is extremely rare; there are only 22 cases reported in literature. Here we report a case of a patient with clear-cell carcinoma of the abdominal wall after cesarean de…
OBJECTIVE: To study the influence of mifepristone on the expression of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) protein and COX-2 mRNA and then to evaluate the mechanism. METHODS: After the establishment of 30 mice endometriosis models, the mice were rand…
Endometriosis, with a prevalence rate ranging from 6% to 10%, is the major contributor to pelvic pain and subfertility, and considerably reduces the quality of life in affected women. However, the pathogenesis of this disease remains largel…
Identification of methionine aminopeptidase-2 (MetAP-2) as the molecular target of the antiangiogenic compound TNP-470 has sparked interest in N-terminal Met excision's (NME) role in endothelial cell biology. In this regard, we recently dem…
Ovarian cancer has the lowest survival rate of the gynecologic cancers because it is predominantly diagnosed in Stages III or IV due to the lack of reliable symptoms, as well as the lack of efficacious screening techniques. Detection before…
OBJECTIVE: We sought to investigate the effectiveness of repeated transvaginal ultrasound-guided aspiration of endometriomas in infertile women with endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective study was performed in our department of repr…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of integrin beta3 and osteopontin (OPN) in eutopic and ectopic endometrium of adenomyosis. METHODS: From January 2007 to July 2008, the endometrium specimens were collected from 43 patients with ade…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of claudin-3 and claudin-4 in the eutopic and ectopic endometrium of women with endometriosis and to evaluate the role of claudin-3 and claudin-4 in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. DESIGN: Cross-…
The present study was undertaken to analyze the effect of a P450 aromatase inhibitor (finrozole) on 4-month-old transgenic mice expressing human P450 aromatase (P450arom) under the human ubiquitin C promoter (AROM+). AROM+ mice present seve…
OBJECTIVE: To study the optimal position and method for ovarian transposition and its benefits and indications. METHODS: We performed ovarian transposition in 34 patients from August 1989 to December 2000. Twelve patients were diagnosed wi…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate spiral CT urography (SCTU) and CT virtual endoscopy (CTVE) in detecting urologic diseases. METHODS: SCTU was performed in 46 patients with urological diseases including renal neoplasms (2), paropelvic cysts (2), uret…
OBJECTIVE: To explore the mechanism of treating endometriosis by tonifying Kidney and removing blood stasis with Neiyixiao Recipe (NYXR). METHODS: One hundred and three patients of endometriosis were divided randomly into the NYXR group (5…