Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University

ObjectivesTo evaluate the association of GGN repeat polymorphism of androgen receptor (AR) with ovarian reserve and ovarian response in controlled ovarian stimulation (COS).MethodsThis genetic association study was conducted among a total o…

OBJECTIVE: To establish a nomogram model for predicting clinical pregnancy rate in patients with endometriosis undergoing fresh embryo transfer. METHODS: We retrospectively collected the data of 464 endometriosis patients undergoing fresh …

OBJECTIVE: To explore the pathogenic roles of miR-21, estrogen (E2), and estrogen receptor (ER) in adenomyosis. METHODS: We examined the expression levels of miR-21 in specimens of adenomyotic tissue and benign cervical lesions using qRT-P…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expressions of glycolysis-related factors and changes in Notch1 signaling in endometrial tissues of adenomyosis (AM) and Ishikawa cells to explore the pathogenesis of AM. METHODS: Eutopic endometrial tissues w…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the correlation of magnetic resonance (MR) T2-weighted image (T2WI) signal characteristics of adenomyosis and the efficacy of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation. METHODS: Based on the presence or absen…

OBJECTIVE: To explore the differences in the factors associated with endometriosis between Chinese and British patients. METHODS: This case-control study was conducted in 387 patients with endometriosis and 199 non-endometriosis patients ad…

ObjectiveTo explore the value of micro-flow imaging (MFI) in evaluating blood flow characteristics and differential diagnosis of gallbladder polypoid lesions.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the clinical data and ultrasound images of 73 p…

OBJECTIVE: To explore the expression of CCN5 in endometriotic tissues and its impact on proliferation, migration and invasion of human endometrial stromal cells (HESCs). METHODS: We collected ovarian endometriosis samples from 20 women rece…

We report a case of giant hysteromyoma and complex pelvic adhesion treated by robotic assisted laparoscopic total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingectomy. The patient was diagnosed with uterine fibroids after physical examination in 1998 b…

OBJECTIVE: To explore the feasibility of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) instead of contrast-enhanced (CE) imaging for evaluation of the immediate therapeutic efficacy of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation…

ObjectiveTo compare the performance of serum cancer antigen 125 (CA125), human epididymis protein 4 (HE4), Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm (ROMA) and Copenhagen index (CPH-I) for differential diagnosis of benign and malignant diseases …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of conservative laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis with postoperative gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) therapy on the pregnancy outcomes in patients with endometriosis-associated infert…

OBJECTIVE: To study the role of estrogen (E2), estrogen receptor (ER) and aromatase (P450arom) in the pathogenesis of uterine adenomyosis. METHODS: Paraffin-embedded specimens of the uterine tissue from patients with uterine adenomyosis and…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of hypobaric hypoxia pretreatment on surgically induced endometriosis in rats. METHODS: ) for 8 h. The uterine endometrium was intraperitoneally implanted into estrogen-treated ovariectomized Lewis rat, a…

OBJECTIVE: To determine ATPase inhibitory factor 1 (IF1) expression in normal and pathological tissue of female reproductive system to better understand the physiological role of IF1 in malignancies of the female reproductive system. METHO…

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of uterine adenomyosis on the clinical outcomes of infertility patients treated with in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection-embryo transfer (IVF/ICSI-ET). METHODS: A retrospective study was…

OBJEVTIVE: To investigate the inhibitory effect of lentiviral vector-mediated short hairpin RNA targeting survivin (LV-survivin shRNA) on the growth of human endometrium xenograft in the abdominal cavity of nude mice. METHODS: The endometri…

OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) on the expressions activin A, follistatin, and cripto in cultured human endometrial stromal cells (HESCs) form patients with endometriosis. METHODS: Cultured HESCs were stimulated wit…

OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and clinical outcomes of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF/ICSI-ET) cycles in patients with endometriosis. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the data of i…

OBJECTIVE: To detect aberrant methylation in the promoter region of fetal endometriosis susceptibility gene homeobox-10 (HOXA10) in women with and without folic acid supplementation and explore the effect of folic acid in optimizing intraut…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of natural killer T cells (NKT) in the pathogenesis and staging of endometriosis (EMT). METHODS: Sixty EMT cases of stages I to IV were enrolled as the observation group, and 20 healthy volunteers served a…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the inhibitory effect of lentiviral vector-mediated short hairpin RNA targeting survivin (LV-survivin shRNA) on angiogenesis and growth of endometriosis-like lesions in chick en embryo chorioallantoic membrane. MET…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of the anti-oncogene ARHI in the endometriotic tissue and explore its clinical significance. METHODS: A semiquantitative analysis of the expression of ARHI mRNA and protein in the ectopic and eutopic…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) combined with GnRH analogue (GnRH-a) in the treatment of adenomyosis with uterine body enlargement. METHODS: Twelve women (mane age 40.3 years) wit…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of sinomenine on the level of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and in the heterotopic tissue in rats with endometriosis. METHODS: The rats with endometriosis …