Liu L
ORCID: 0000-0001-9297-0263
· 264 papers in corpus
other
2015
AIMS: To estimate mortality rates among treated opioid-dependent individuals by cause and in relation to the general population, and to estimate the instantaneous effects of opioid detoxification and maintenance treatment (MMT) on the hazar…
observational
2015
Serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) is widely used to predict the prognosis for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). However, hyperbilirubinemia and the CA19-9 nonsecretor phenotype restrict the usage of serum CA19-9 alone. The goa…
rct
2014
INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes and cost effectiveness of the gasless laparoscopic appendectomy (GLA) and conventional laparoscopic appendectomy (LA). METHODS: From Aug 2010 to Feb 2012, 100 pat…
lab-animal
2014
OBJECTIVES: To establish red fluorescent human endometriosis lesions in a nude mouse model and dynamically and non-invasively to compare intraperitoneal and subcutaneous injection models. STUDY DESIGN: Primary cultures of endometrial strom…
observational
2014
BACKGROUND: The expressions of leptin and its receptor (ObR) have been observed in human endometrial cancer (EC) cells, and leptin can promote the proliferation of EC cells. However, the correlation between leptin and ObR expressions in EC …
observational
2014
UNLABELLED: The etiology of endometriosis remains poorly understood but circulating stem cells may contribute. Telomeres shorten with cell divisions and age. Stem cells attempt to compensate for telomere attrition through the action of telo…
lab-animal
2014
Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) is a powerful and reproducible method of gene expression analysis in which expression levels are quantified by normalization against reference genes. Therefore, to investigate the potential biomarkers and t…
lab-animal
2013
Neural cross talk between visceral organs may play a role in mediating inflammation and pain remote from the site of the insult. We hypothesized such a cross talk exists between the duodenum and pancreas, and further it induces pancreatitis…
meta-analysis
2013
To assess the effects of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) for endometriosis in women after conservative surgery, we performed a search of PubMed, Embase, ISI Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Scidirect, Chinese VIP, CNKI and WANGFANG databas…
review
2013
Telomeres mediate biologic aging in organisms as diverse as plants, yeast, and mammals. We propose a telomere theory of reproductive aging that posits telomere shortening in the female germ line as the primary driver of reproductive aging i…
observational
2008
PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to evaluate the association of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 polymorphisms with uterine leiomyoma in Chinese women. METHODS: We investigated 100 women with clinically diagnosed uterine leiomyoma and 110 healthy normal…
review
2003
BACKGROUND: Primary adenosarcoma arising in vaginal endometriosis poses a diagnostic challenge, especially in superficial vaginal biopsies. CASE: A 56-year-old woman, with a prior diagnosis of ovarian endometriosis, presented with a rapidl…
nonrandomized-trial
2002
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the hemodynamic changes before and after uterine arterial embolization (UAE) in the treatment of adenomyosis. METHODS: UAE was performed in 30 patients with adenomyosis diagnosed by clinical manifestation, magneti…
lab-animal
1995
A synthetic analog of ethinyltestosterone, Danazol, has been used clinically for the treatment of immune thrombocytopenia. We investigated the effects of Danazol on thrombopoiesis in normal rats. Though 4-week treatment by Danazol slightly …