Edward Hsi

ORCID: 0000-0002-8272-6707 · 3 papers in corpus
other 2013
A microRNA-520 mirSNP at the MMP2 gene influences susceptibility to endometriosis in Chinese women
Journal of human genetics ·doi:10.1038/jhg.2013.1

The MMP2 gene has been implicated in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. We investigated the role and function of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of MMP2 in relation to endometriosis. First a case-control study was conducted and 17 SNP…

article 2013
Serum Level of IL-10 Is Increased in Patients with Endometriosis, and IL-10 Promotes the Growth of Lesions in a Murine Model
The American Journal of Pathology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2013.10.023

Immune dysregulation may be involved in the development of endometriosis. The anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 plays an important role in eliminating unwanted cells and cellular debris in a silent way. We investigated the modulatory role of…

2012
n-Butyl benzyl phthalate promotes breast cancer progression by inducing expression of lymphoid enhancer factor 1.
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042750

Environmental hormones play important roles in regulating the expression of genes involved in cell proliferation, drug resistance, and breast cancer risk; however, their precise role in human breast cancer cells during cancer progression re…