Cheng K

ORCID: 0000-0001-9544-4680 · 6 papers in corpus
observational 2025
Cancer & metabolism ·doi:10.1186/s40170-025-00391-5

BACKGROUND: Malignant ascites is a common complication of advanced ovarian cancer (OC) and gastrointestinal cancer (GI), significantly impacting metastasis, quality of life, and survival. Increased intestinal permeability can lead to blood …

review 2024
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-024-51450-8

Intra-abdominal adhesions have consistently posed a challenge for surgeons during procedures. This study aims to investigate the feasibility of utilizing indocyanine green (ICG) in conjunction with near-infrared imaging for the detection of…

observational 2022
Frontiers in endocrinology ·doi:10.3389/fendo.2022.986848

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D plays an important role in reproduction. Evidence shown that free 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)VitD) was more accurate than total 25(OH)VitD in reflecting the status of 25(OH)VitD during pregnancy. However, the relations…

review 2021
Cancer letters ·doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2021.04.011

Immune checkpoint blockade has shown unprecedented and durable clinical response in a wide range of cancers. T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3 (TIM3) is an inhibitory checkpoint protein that is highly expressed in tumor-infiltrating …

review 2019
Regenerative biomaterials ·doi:10.1093/rb/rbz021

Asherman's syndrome (AS) is an endometrial disorder in which intrauterine adhesions crowd the uterine cavity and wall. The fibrotic adhesions are primarily the result of invasive uterine procedures that usually involve the insertion of surg…

lab-animal 2019
Advanced healthcare materials ·doi:10.1002/adhm.201900411

Stem cell therapies have made strides toward the efficacious treatment of injured endometrium and the prevention of intrauterine adhesions, or Asherman's syndrome (AS). Despite this progress, they are limited by their risk of tumor formatio…