BackgroundThe effect of maternal weights on the risk of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) during pregnancy remains unclear. The study aimed to investigate the association between maternal weight indicators and IDA during pregnancy.MethodsWe cond…
AIM: Lipoxin A4 (LXA4 ) can function as an endogenous 'breaking signal' in inflammation and plays an important role in the progression of endometriosis. The proteome responses to interleukin-1β (IL-1β) or LXA4 in human endometriotic stromal…
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to characterize primary cells from extrauterine carcinosarcoma (CS) and to establish a primary CS xenograft mouse model. METHODS: Primary cells were isolated from a patient with CS and cu…
BACKGROUND: p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK), a regulator of inflammation, may play a role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis (EM). We studied the effect of SB203580, a p38 MAPK inhibitor, on the development of EM in a mous…
OBJECTIVE: To find ways of preventing abdominal wall endometriosis through a retrospective case review. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study of 22 patients presenting with 26 postoperative abdominal wall masses. All masses were path…