Xin-mei Zhang

BACKGROUND: A cystic lesion arising from the myometrium of the uterus, termed as cystic adenomyosis, has chocolate-like, thick viscous contents and contains various amounts of endometrial stroma below the glandular epithelium. It is an extr…

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effect of oral treatment with ketotifen, a mast cell (MC) stabilizer, in a rat model of surgically induced endometriosis. Methods: At 14 days after Sprague–Dawley rats had surgery, they were trea…

Abstract Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disease. Previous research has shown that abnormal enzymes associated with estrogen (E2) metabolism and an increased number of mast cells (MCs) in endometriomas are implicated in the pathogene…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of mast cells in the pathogenesis of estrogen-mediated experimental endometriosis in rats. METHODS: Endometriosis model was established by transplanting autologous fragments of uterus to the inner surface …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of sodium cromoglycate on experimental endometriosis in rats. METHODS: Endometriosis model was established in 36 unpregnant female SD rats by transplanting autologous fragments of endometrium to the inne…

To reduce the side effects and improve the lack of clinical treatment countermeasures in endometriosis chemotherapy, a polymeric micelle gene delivery system composed of lipid grafted chitosan micelles (CSO-SA) and the pigment epithelium de…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the quality of literatures and the accuracy of ultrasonography in diagnosis of deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). METHODS: The database of Medline (1966 to 2009), the excerpta medica database (EMBASE, 1980 to 20…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between distribution of protein gene product (PGP) 9.5-immunoactive nerve fibers in peritoneal endometriotic lesions and disease-associated pain symptoms. METHODS: Thirty two peritoneal endometrioti…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate nerve fibers distribution in endometrium of adenomyosis and their relationship with dysmenorrhea. METHODS: Endometrial tissue was sampled from 74 hysterectomy specimens including 32 cases with adenomyosis and 42 ca…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between IL-10 promoter gene polymorphism and the susceptibility to endometriosis (EMs) in Chinese population. Amplification refractory mutation system polymerase chain reactions …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the metabolism of lipid, calcium and phosphorus in women with endometriosis. METHODS: Clinical data of 223 patients with endometriosis and 200 patients without endometriosis were retrospectively analyzed. Electroch…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether interleukin-1 beta (IL-1beta ) and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA) gene polymorphisms are associated with endometriosis (EMs) in Chinese women. METHODS: One hundred and thirty-eight patients with…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of interleukin-17 (IL-17) in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. METHODS: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect the concentrations of IL-17 in peritoneal fluid of 36 patients with dif…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of interleukine-16 (IL-16) in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. METHODS: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to determine the levels of IL-16 in peritoneal fluid and serum specimens of 22 w…