OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to analyze the value of high-frequency ultrasound combined with color Doppler ultrasound in the diagnosis of gallbladder polyps. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was performed on 108 patients with gallbladder p…
In order to evaluate the importance of pain in systemic sclerosis (SSc), the characteristics of pain reported by patients with SSc were analyzed and compared with the characteristics of pain reported by patients with primary Sjőgren's syndr…
A time-lapse system (TLS) with a well-of-the-well (WOW) dish, which allows individual identification and the possibility of autocrine and paracrine signaling between group-cultured embryos, has been widely used in clinic. However, there is …
The implantation rate (IR) in assisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection is affected by many different factors such as age, quality of embryo, and stage of embryo development…
BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy is established as the standard surgical approach for the treatment of benign ovarian cysts. However, previous studies have shown that potential fertility can be directly impaired by laparoscopic o…
Unlike other human cancers, in which all primary tumors arise de novo, ovarian epithelial cancers are primarily imported from either endometrial or fallopian tube epithelium. The prevailing paradigm in the genesis of high-grade serous carci…
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas. Accumulating studies have revealed the involvement of tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced protein 3 (TNFAIP3) in the progression of AP. Here, the current study was conducte…
Endometriosis (EMs) is recorded as Zheng Jia in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) books. Guizhi Fuling Pills (GFPs), a classic prescription for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, is widely used for women's blood stasis …
Heart failure (HF) is the terminal stage of multifarious heart diseases and is responsible for high hospitalization rates and mortality. Pathophysiological mechanisms of HF include cardiac hypertrophy, remodeling and fibrosis resulting from…
MiR-30a-5p plays an important role in various cardiovascular diseases, but its effect in atherosclerosis has not been reported. Apolipoprotein E-deficient (Apo E-/-) mice were used to investigate the role of miR-30a-5p in atherosclerosis, a…
Abstract Adenomyosis (ADS) is an estrogen-dependent gynecological disease with unspecified etiopathogenesis. Local hyperestrogenism may serve a central role in contributing the origin of ADS. Talin1 is mostly identified to be overexpressed …
Previous studies report that fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) modulates Sproutys (SPRYs)/dual specificity phosphatase 6 (DUSP6)/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway in endometrial glandular epithelial cells. Howeve…
PURPOSE: To assess the long-term outcome of performing uterine artery embolization (UAE) using small particles in women with symptomatic adenomyosis (AD). METHODS: Twenty-seven consecutive women (median age 42 years, range 29-53 years) wit…
Abstract Objective To assess the changes of blood flow in adenomyosis after higher-dose oxytocin(OT) in different doses,and to evaluate the safety for patients. Methods A total of 124 patients with adenomyosis were randomly divided into …
RESEARCH QUESTION: Does connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) expression relate to adenomyotic fibrosis and determine the correlation between fibrosis with adenomyosis-associated dysmenorrhoea? DESIGN: Protein and mRNA expression of CTGF …
Extracellular vesicles from highly metastatic tumor cells have been shown to mediate epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related events in recipient cells. In endometrial epithelial cells, EMT processes are known to be involved in the d…
Background: The main purpose of this study is to analyze the possible factors that were related with high useful blastocyst formatio rate in normal patients. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study included 706 normal patients(exclu…
This study aimed to uncover effects of non-coding RNA transcripts on ovarian endometriosis (OEM) development. Two transcription datasets (GSE105764 and GSE105765) about OME were downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database and the…
Embryo implantation rate remains an inefficient process in in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) cycles. The role long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) plays in embryo implantation remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the expressio…
Studies suggest that the presence of endometriosis may lead to impaired ovarian reserve, while results evaluating the changes in antral follicle count (AFC) in endometriosis remain controversial. A systematic search returned 15 studies, of …
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical effects of repairing large defects using the double circular suturing technique (DCST) after resection of abdominal wall tumor. METHODS: The clinical data of 62 patients (25…
PURPOSE: Many rare ovarian cancer subtypes, such as small-cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT), have poor prognosis due to their aggressive nature and resistance to standard platinum- and taxane-based chemotherapy. The d…
PURPOSE: To investigate Asherman syndrome (AS) related to potential factors during uterine artery embolization (UAE) treatment of adenomyosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a retrospective analysis of 195 women with adenomyosis who underw…
RESEARCH QUESTION: What is the relationship between uterine volume before frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) and reproductive outcomes among adenomyosis patients? DESIGN: Clinical characteristics and outcomes of adenomyosis patients under…
Low back pain is a chronic, highly prevalent, and hard-to-treat condition in the elderly. Clinical studies indicate that AXL, which belongs to the tyrosine kinase receptor subfamily, mediates pathological pain. However, it is not clear exac…