Chii‐Ruey Tzeng

OBJECTIVE: Both adenomyosis and endometriosis are characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrial glands and stroma and have been suggested to share some characteristics with malignant tumors. Although accumulating evidence indicates t…

Study objective Endometriosis is a frequent benign gynecological disorder that affects 6%–10% of fertile women and causes severe pelvic pain, suffering, infertility, and hysterectomy. The etiology of endometriosis remains unclear and severa…

Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease associated with multiple pathogenic factors and studies regarding roles of trace metals in endometriosis have been inconsistent and limited. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to compare the b…

OBJECTIVE: The standard dose of depot gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) may be too much to prevent premature luteinizing hormone (LH) surge in controlled ovarian stimulation (COS). The purpose of this study was to find out the …

Transforming growth factor (TGF-β)/TGF-β receptor signal is known to promote cell migration. Up-regulation of TGF-β in serum/peritoneal fluid and increased levels of pluripotent transcription factor OCT4 in endometriotic tissues are frequen…

Abstract Endometriosis is the eutopic and/or ectopic growth of endometrial tissues. High levels of TGF-β in peritoneal fluid and increased expression of OCT4 have been well documented in endometriosis. However, the molecular mechanism betwe…

Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) level has been found to be a useful marker of ovarian reserve, and a predictor of poor and hyper-responses in patients undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation (COS). The study aimed to determine the associatio…

This article reports a rare case of cancer derived from ovarian remnant tissue. A 52-year-old woman, with a history of a total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for uterine myomas and endometriosis 13 years ago, presented wit…

ObjectiveTo identify the impact of the pluripotent transcription factor OCT4 in endometrial cell migration and endometriosis.DesignThe OCT4 expression and cell migration study.SettingResearch institution and reproductive medical clinic.Pati…

OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the occurrence of peritoneal fluid in women undergoing intrauterine insemination (IUI) and its correlation with the stage of pelvic endometriosis and its influence on pregnancy outcomes. MATERIALS AND METH…

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to investigate the usefulness of laparoscopy-guided myometrial biopsy in the diagnosis of diffuse adenomyosis. METHODS: This prospective non-randomized study (Canadian Task Force classification II-1…

In the genomic era, cDNA microarray (DNA chip) technology has become a very important and powerful tool for high-throughput comprehensive analysis of gene expression, genotyping and re-sequencing applications in almost every field of biomed…