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No ORCID on file · 7 papers in corpus · active 2012-2020

Study types

  • review 3
  • article 2

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  • endometriosis 5
2020
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-020-77068-0

MicroRNA-200 (miR-200) family is highly expressed in ovarian cancer. We evaluated the levels of family members relative to the internal control miR-103a in ovarian cancer and control blood specimens collected from American and Hong Kong Chi…

review 2020
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-020-00164-z

Iron is an essential element for cell survival, and iron deficiency is a known risk factor for many reproductive disorders. Paradoxically, such disorders are also seen more commonly under conditions of iron excess. Here, we focus on the pro…

review 2019
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms20133283

Iron is an essential element for the survival of most organisms, including humans. Demand for iron increases significantly during pregnancy to support growth and development of the fetus. Paradoxically, epidemiologic studies have shown that…

article 2016
Gynecologic oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.05.036

ObjectiveTo describe the clinical characteristics of patients with endosalpingiosis (ES) and examine its association with endometriosis and gynecologic malignancies.MethodsWe queried the medical record for patients who underwent gynecologic…

article 2015
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) ·doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2015.05.011

BackgroundEndometriosis is frequently associated with and thought of having propensity to develop into ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC), although the molecular transformation mechanism is not completely understood.MethodsWe employed immu…

review 2013
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms14035367

Endometriosis is classically defined as the presence of endometrial glands and stroma outside of the endometrial lining and uterine musculature. With an estimated frequency of 5%-10% among women of reproductive age, endometriosis is a commo…

2012
BMC cancer ·doi:10.1186/1471-2407-12-329

BackgroundAldehyde dehydrogenases belong to a superfamily of detoxifying enzymes that protect cells from carcinogenic aldehydes. Of the superfamily, ALDH1A1 has gained most attention because current studies have shown that its expression is…