Shimeng Liu

ORCID: 0000-0002-4369-4589 · 4 papers in corpus
article 2023
·doi:10.1172/jci.insight.171305

Uterine leiomyomas cause heavy menstrual bleeding, anemia, and pregnancy loss in millions of women worldwide. Driver mutations in the transcriptional mediator complex subunit 12 (MED12) gene in uterine myometrial cells initiate 70% of leiom…

article 2022
·doi:10.1007/s43032-022-00852-y

Uterine leiomyomas (fibroids) are common benign tumors in women. The tryptophan metabolism through the kynurenine pathway plays important roles in tumorigenesis in general. Leiomyomas expressing mutated mediator complex subunit 12 (mut-MED1…

2021
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-146018/v1

Abstract Background: The shortage of public health workforce and its uneven distribution between developed and underdeveloped areas still exist in China’s health system. This study aimed to investigate PhD students majoring in social medic…

review 2019
Endocrine Reviews ·doi:10.1210/er.2018-00242

Pelvic endometriosis is a complex syndrome characterized by an estrogen-dependent chronic inflammatory process that affects primarily pelvic tissues, including the ovaries. It is caused when shed endometrial tissue travels retrograde into t…