Mei-Jou Chen

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 2004-2008

Study types

  • article 4
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 5
  • adenomyosis 4
article 2008
Increased matrix metalloproteinase-2 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 secretion but unaffected invasiveness of endometrial stromal cells in adenomyosis
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.05.090
article 2007
Altered apoptosis and proliferation in endometrial stromal cells of women with adenomyosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/del493

BACKGROUND: The eutopic endometrium in a woman suffering from adenomyosis is known to be biologically different from that of healthy women. The aim of this study was to examine the apoptosis and proliferation of eutopic endometrium from wom…

article 2006
Decreased suppression of interleukin-6 after treatment with medroxyprogesterone acetate and danazol in endometrial stromal cells of women with adenomyosis
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.04.034
article 2004
Decreased expression of killer cell inhibitory receptors on natural killer cells in eutopic endometrium in women with adenomyosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deh372

BACKGROUND: Increased expression of killer cell inhibitory receptors (KIRs) has been found on natural killer (NK) cells in peritoneal fluid in women with endometriosis. In this study, we tried to measure the expression of KIRs on NK and T c…

other 2004
Increased occurrence of tubo-ovarian abscesses in women with stage III and IV endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.01.032

Women who had stage III-IV endometriosis and who were nulliparous or who had delivered no more than two children were much more likely to develop tubo-ovarian abscesses than those without endometriosis.