The "Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, DOHaD" theory suggests that adverse factors in early life can lead to the occurrence of chronic diseases in adulthood. In recent years, it has been discovered that maternal factors, intraute…
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of forkhead box P3 gene (FOXP3) and endometriosis in Chinese Han women from central China. METHODS: MassARRAY IPLEX and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ion…
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association of a single nucleotide polymorphism(SNP) in tumor suppressor gene P53 with the risk of endometriosis (EM) in Han Chinese women. METHODS: For 460 EM patients, 113 patients with endometrial carcinoma and 5…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in cytochrome P450 17 (CYP17) and estrogen receptor alpha (ERα ) genes with the risk of endometriosis among southern Chinese women. METHODS: Two SNPs rs743572 (CYP…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of interleukin 6 gene (IL-6) promoter region 634C/G (rs1800796) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) with the genetic susceptibility to endometriosis (Ems) in south Han Chinese women. METHODS: A cas…
OBJECTIVE: To explore the association between the arylhydrocarbon receptor gene (AhR) 1661G/A or arylhydrocarbon nuclear translocatorgene (ARNT) 567G/C polymorphism and endometriosis in southern Han Chinese women. METHODS: The polymorphisms…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the 115T/C, 240A/G and 1531C/T polymorphisms of CYP19 gene are associated with the risk of moderate/severe endometriosis. METHODS: Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFL…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in VEGF gene with the risk of endometriosis and adenomyosis. METHODS: Genotypes were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polym…
OBJECTIVE: To study the association between gene polymorphisms of cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1) in exon 2 codon 119 (G-T) and exon 3 codon 432 (C-G) and the susceptibility to endometriosis. METHODS: Allele-specific polymerase chain reaction …
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) with the risk of endometriosis and adenomyosis. METHODS: Genotype…
OBJECTIVE: To assess the possible association between gene mutation of cytochrome P450 1A1(CYP1A1) in exon 7 A4889G locus and the susceptibility to endometriosis (EM). METHODS: Allele specific-polymerase chain reaction method was used to an…
OBJECTIVE: To make a comparative study of HLA-DQA1 and HLA-DRB1 allele frequencies in the cases of endometriosis and adeonmyosis. METHODS: The allelic types of HLA-DQA1 and HLA-DRB1 were detected by polymerase chain reaction-sequence specif…