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BackgroundPrimary dysmenorrhea (PD), is one of main gynecological complaints in women of child-bearing age. Common medications for PD do not always achieve satisfactory outcome of pain relief. Hence, both health professionals and patients a…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the innate characters of 3 endometriosis (EMT) syndromes, blood stasis (BS), qi stagnation and blood stasis (QSBS) as well as Shen (Kidney) deficiency and blood stasis (KDBS) in terms of proteomics, lay a molecular…

BackgroundAdipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADSCs) have been extensively explored as a promising therapeutic agent due to their differentiation, proliferation and migration abilities. The epigenetic mechanisms that regulate the fate o…

AimWe sought to investigate protein biomarkers for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in vaginal tissues using surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF MS) and examine if this is a reliable met…

AimsIncreased apoptotic activity in pelvic tissues may contribute to development of pelvic floor disorders. We evaluated expression of apoptotic factors (Bcl-2 family) in vaginal tissues from women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and how t…

ObjectiveTo investigate the expression of transforming growth interacting factor (TGIF), a Smad transcriptional corepressor, in leiomyoma and matched myometrial tissue samples and the effect of TGIF overexpression in myometrial cells.Design…

We recently demonstrated mitochondrial localization of estrogen receptor beta (ERbeta). We herein confirm the mitochondrial localization of ERbeta by the loss of mitochondrial ERbeta immunoreactivity in ERbeta knockdown cells. A phenotype c…

Introduction and hypothesisWe investigated whether the expression of alpha-1 antitrypsin (ATT), neutrophil elastase (NE), and lysyl oxidase-like protein 1 (LOXL-1) vary within the vagina in subjects with pelvic organ prolapse (POP).MethodsB…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expressions of matrix metalloproteinase -2, -3 (MMP-2,-3) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) in internal uterine endometriosis tissue and endometrium from women with and without endometriosis …

ObjectiveTo investigate expression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), membranous type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP), and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) in ectopic and eutopic endometrium from women with and with…

Endometriosis is characterized by the ectopic implantation of endometrium on peritoneal surfaces. Angiogenic and growth factors may play a significant role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Midkine (MK) and pleiotrophin (PTN) are two re…

ObjectiveTo investigate mRNA expression of metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3 (TIMP-3) in ectopic endometriosis tissue and uterine endometrium from women with and without endometriosis throughout the men…

ObjectiveTo investigate the protein expression of GnRH in the endometrium of fertile patients throughout the menstrual cycle.DesignProspective longitudinal study.SettingDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Reproductive Immunology Labora…