Ding J

PROBLEM: Endometriosis (EMS) is a chronic inflammatory disease with unclear pathogenesis. Three studies have uncovered the influence of gut microbiota on mice with EMS, but no study has investigated the characteristics of fecal metabolomics…

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are novel non-coding RNAs that have been reported to be involved in the progression of numerous diseases. However, the clinical diagnostic value of circRNAs in female reproductive system diseases remains unknown. Th…

Decidual macrophages are in close contact with trophoblast cells during placenta development, and an appropriate crosstalk between these cellular compartments is crucial for the establishment and maintenance of a healthy pregnancy. During d…

Macrophages can induce Fas ligand (FasL)‑mediated apoptosis, and the deregulation of apoptosis is known to be associated with recurrent miscarriage (RM). The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible involvement of FasL in ma…

In vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) can be used by infertile couples to assist with reproduction; however, failure of the embryo to implant into the endometrial lining results in failure of the IVF treatment. The present study i…

OBJECTIVE: To describe the anatomic variety of congenital cervical atresia and to explore the relationship between this disorder and pelvic endometriosis. METHODS: In a retrospective study, records were reviewed for 96 patients with a confi…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of laparoscopic cystectomy of endometrioma and nonendometrioma ovarian cyst on ovarian reserve. DESIGN: Prospective follow-up study of patients after laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy (Canadian Task F…

PurposeTo probe the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC).MethodsThis study retrospectively collected MRI data for 21 pathology-confirmed OCCCs from 19 female patients. The MRI findings were analyz…

Inhibition of VEGFR-2 signaling pathway has already become one of the most promising approaches for the treatment of cancer. In this study, we describe the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of a new series of naphthamides as pote…

Motivated by the need from our on-going environmental study in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort (MoBa) study, we consider an outcome-dependent sampling (ODS) scheme for failure-time data with censoring. Like the case-cohort design, the…

Ovarian endometrioid carcinomas and endometrial endometrioid carcinomas share many histological and molecular alterations. These similarities are likely due to a common endometrial epithelial precursor cell of origin, with most ovarian endo…

High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) is characterized by poor outcome, often attributed to the emergence of treatment-resistant subclones. We sought to measure the degree of genomic diversity within primary, untreated HGSCs to examine th…

Endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) arising in the vagina is an extremely rare extrauterine endometrial stroma sarcoma, with only 4 cases reported in the literature up to date. Here we report a case of neoplasm originating from vagina. A 32-y…

ObjectiveTo investigate the expression of heparanase-1, an endoglycosidase that degrades heparan sulfate proteoglycans, in eutopic and ectopic endometrial tissues from women with endometriosis.DesignAn immunohistochemical study.SettingAcade…

ObjectiveTo quantitate antiapoptotic and proapoptotic gene expression in endometrial cells (ECs) of women with and without endometriosis.DesignDetermination of transcript abundance (TA) of apoptosis-regulating genes in eutopic and ectopic e…

PurposeTo compare the effects of two different blastocyst thawing protocols on implantation, pregnancy, and live birth rates.MethodsNinety four consecutive frozen-thawed blastocyst transfers from 1996 to 2002 were retrospectively analyzed. …

ObjectiveTo compare controlled ovarian hyperstimulation-intrauterine insemination (COH-IUI) or IVF-ET pregnancy rates per cycle (PR) and cycle and cumulative fecundity (f and cf) with COH-IUI or IVF-ET in endometriosis.DesignRetrospective a…

ObjectiveTo determine the effect of autologous peritoneal fluid and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) on proliferation of endometrial cells from women with endometriosis.DesignEndometrial cells from eutopic and ectopic endometrium wer…

ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between apoptotic cells and macrophages in the eutopic endometrium of women with and without endometriosis.DesignRetrospective analysis of archival uterine endometrial biopsy specimens.SettingInstitu…

An unusual case of retroperitoneal ectopic pregnancy is reported. The patient, a 34 year old nulligravida, underwent IVF/ET following bilateral salpingectomy. A small, degenerating, intrauterine gestational sac suggested failing intrauterin…

BACKGROUND: The aetiology of endometriosis is unknown. Ectopic dissemination of the endometrial cells gives origin to endometriotic lesions, but occurs in women with and without endometriosis. It has been suggested that increased ectopic ce…