Kai‐Kai Chang

ORCID: 0000-0001-6720-8728 · 26 papers in corpus · active 2013-2026

Study types

  • article 23
  • review 2
  • preprint 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 24
  • infertility 5
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 2
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
  • die_deep_infiltrating 1
  • adenomyosis 1
  • dyspareunia 1
article 2026
·doi:10.1097/rd9.0000000000000171
article 2024
Cell communication and signaling : CCS ·doi:10.1186/s12964-023-01415-7

BACKGROUND: As a dual-function metabolite, succinate has emerged in cell function and plays a key signaling role in linking mitochondrial function to other cellular functions. Succinate accumulation in the cytoplasm is commonly associated w…

article 2024
Endoscopy ·doi:10.1055/a-2440-6251
article 2024
Cell communication and signaling : CCS ·doi:10.1186/s12964-024-01683-x

OBJECTIVES: Interleukin 33 (IL-33) is a crucial inflammatory factor that functions as an alarm signal in endometriosis (EMs). Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process related to inflammatory signals, intracellular reactive oxygen …

article 2023
Frontiers in immunology ·doi:10.3389/fimmu.2023.1133672

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis (EMs) is a chronic inflammatory condition that is highly heterogeneous. Current clinical staging fails to accurately predict drug responses and prognosis. In this study, we aimed to reveal the heterogeneity of ecto…

preprint 2023
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-3303001/v1

Abstract Background As a dual-function metabolite, succinate has emerged in cell function and plays a key signaling role in linking mitochondrial function to other cellular functions. Succinate accumulation in the cytoplasm is commonly asso…

article 2021
International journal of biological sciences ·doi:10.7150/ijbs.58657

Background: Patients with endometriosis (EMs) have high risks of infertility and spontaneous abortion. How to remodel the fertility of patients with EMs has always been the hot spot and difficulty in the field of reproductive medicine. As a…

article 2019
·doi:10.4103/2096-2924.274543

Objective: To investigate factors that may be associated with the recurrence of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) and DIE-related symptoms. Methods: Starting in September 2014, women with a confirmed diagnosis of DIE based on surgical a…

review 2019
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS ·doi:10.1007/s00018-019-03056-x
review 2019
International journal of biological sciences ·doi:10.7150/ijbs.35128

Endometriosis (EMS) is the most common gynecological disease in women of reproductive age, and it is associated with chronic pelvic pain, dyspareunia and infertility. As a consequence of genetic, immune and environmental factors, endometrio…

article 2019
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) ·doi:10.1530/rep-19-0411

Immune cells and cytokines have important roles in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. However, the production and role of cytokines of T helper type 1 (Th1) and Th2 cells in the progress of endometriosis have remained to be fully elucidated…

article 2018
Molecular medicine reports ·doi:10.3892/mmr.2018.9428

Endometriosis (EMS) is a female hormone‑ dependent disease with controversial reports of its etiology and pathogenesis. Apoptosis is particularly important in the human endometrium due to the dynamic cycles of proliferation and shedding. Es…

article 2017
American journal of translational research

Endometriosis (EMS) is a common gynecologic disease that causes chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and infertility in women. The doctrine of menstruation back flow planting and defects in the immune system are well known and widely accepted…

article 2017
·doi:10.3892/ol.2017.7260

Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), produced by cervical cancer (CC) cells, promotes angiogenesis, and the recruitment and functional regulation of eosinophils. It has been reported that microRNA (miR)‑132 is aberrantly decreased in CC tis…

article 2017
Cell death & disease ·doi:10.1038/cddis.2017.95

Abstract Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent inflammatory disease. The anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 is also increased in endometriosis. IL-10 production by Th17 cells is critical for limiting autoimmunity and inflammatory responses. …

article 2017
Molecular medicine reports ·doi:10.3892/mmr.2017.6242

It was previously demonstrated that anomalous expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-1 (IDO1) in endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) stimulated an inflammatory response that subsequently initiated the activation of immunosuppressive macroph…

article 2017
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) ·doi:10.1530/rep-17-0342

Abstract The dysfunction of NK cells in women with endometriosis (EMS) contributes to the immune escape of menstrual endometrial fragments refluxed into the peritoneal cavity. The reciprocal communications between endometrial stromal cells …

article 2016
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) ·doi:10.1530/rep-16-0089

Endometriosis (EMS) is associated with an abnormal immune response to endometrial cells, which can facilitate the implantation and proliferation of ectopic endometrial tissues. It has been reported that human endometrial stromal cells (ESCs…

article 2016
·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2016.04.246
article 2016
·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2016.04.078
article 2016
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) ·doi:10.1530/rep-16-0278

Macrophages play an important role in the origin and development of endometriosis. Estrogen promoted the growth of decidual stromal cells (DSCs) by downregulating the level of interleukin (IL)-24. The aim of this study was to clarify the ro…

article 2015
American journal of translational research

Our previous work has demonstrated that interleukin-22 (IL-22) enhances the invasiveness of endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) of adenomyosis in an autocrine manner. In the present study, we further investigated whether IL-22 mediated crossta…

article 2014
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology

It has reported that human endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) express thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), and TSLP concentrations in the serum and peritoneal fluid were higher in women with endometriosis. Endometriosis is an estrogen-depende…

article 2013
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology

Interleukin-22 (IL-22) is a member of the IL-10 cytokine family and plays critical roles in inflammation, immune surveillance, and tissue homeostasis. However, whether IL-22 regulates the growth of endometrial stromal cells (ESCs), and part…

article 2013
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology

Nonmetastatic gene 23-H1 (NME1, also known as nm23-H1) is a wide-spectrum tumor metastasis suppressor gene that plays an important role in suppressing the proliferation, adhesion and invasion of endometrial stromal cells (ESCs). The present…