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Plasma extracellular vesicles (EVs) increase during acute myocardial infarction (MI), correlate with myocardial injury, and mobilize immune cells from the spleen to the circulation. These cells are transcriptionally activated even before ti…

Endometriosis affects about 10% of women of reproductive age and is a major cause of chronic pelvic pain and infertility, yet current therapies often fail to provide lasting relief. Mitochondrial dysfunction has emerged as a potential key c…

Adenomyosis involves aberrant inflammation and immune dysregulation in its pathogenesis. This multicenter study investigated the association between the systemic immune inflammation index (SII) and adenomyosis risk among 74,900 participants…

Primary dysmenorrhea (PDM) involves recurrent pelvic pain (RPP), alongside menstruation and psychological comorbidity, yet existing models inadequately capture its recurrent nature. In this study, we established a pharmacologically induced …

Endometriosis has limited treatment options, prompting the search for data-driven therapeutics. We previously used a transcriptomics-based computational drug repositioning pipeline and identified several drug candidates. Fenoprofen, our top…

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs) affect 5%-10% of pregnant women and, in the absence of established therapies, remain a leading cause of maternal and perinatal mortality. HDPs have been associated with disruption of cytotrophoblas…

Endometriosis-associated infertility is a complex condition in which the presence of endometrial-like tissue disrupts implantation and early pregnancy. Epigenetic regulators are critical for implantation and decidualization, yet their contr…

Endometrial disorders impact the uterine lining and can promote ectopic endometrial tissue growth. A key feature of endometrial disorders is unresponsiveness to hormonal treatments due to progesterone resistance. Because endometrial lesions…

Estrogenic endocrine-disrupting chemicals (eEDCs) are a significant concern due to their widespread contamination of water sources and their potential to disrupt both human and ecological health. The assessment of EDC contamination focuses …

With women aged ≥50 years projected to reach 1.65 billion by 2050, gynecological and breast cancers impose an escalating postmenopausal burden. Whether menopausal timing independently influences cancer risk remains uncertain. We integrated …

Emerging evidence suggests that the gut microbiota plays a crucial role in endometriosis (Endo) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This study aimed to explore gut microbial signatures in women with either or both conditions, compared to …

Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL), defined as 2 or more pregnancy losses, affects 5-6% of ever-pregnant individuals. Approximately half of these cases have no identifiable explanation. In this study, we aim to identify diagnoses associated wit…

Acute endometritis, often triggered by Gram-negative bacterial endotoxins such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS), disrupts endometrial integrity, induces robust pro-inflammatory macrophage activation, and compromises uterine function, potentially…

Endometriosis, a prevalent gynecological disease affecting women's health, involves altered immune function. This study investigates the immune checkpoint protein, V-domain immunoglobulin suppressor of T cell activation (VISTA) as a therape…

Endometriosis (EMs) is an estrogen-dependent chronic inflammatory gynecological disease characterized by ectopic growth of endometrial tissues, leading to dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain, and infertility. Although the retrograde menstruation theo…

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disorder influenced by dysregulated steroidogenesis, oxidative stress, and inflammation. Bisphenol A (BPA), a common endocrine disruptor, has been associated with reproductive dysfunction, but its deve…

Endometritis is a common inflammatory disorder of the female reproductive tract caused by microbial infection or immune dysregulation that impairs endometrial function and reproductive outcomes. Growing evidence indicates that programmed ce…

Ovarian endometriosis (OvE) is a gynecological disorder with endometrial tissue in the ovaries, for which effective non-invasive diagnosis and curative treatments are currently lacking. Serum samples were collected from both discovery and v…

The application of machine learning in clinical medicine requires systematic evaluation across diverse modeling paradigms. We benchmarked 10 models, including classic machine learning, tabular deep learning, and automated machine learning (…

Luminogens with aggregation-induced emission (AIEgens) have attracted increasing attention for biomedical applications, prompting concerns regarding their potential toxicity. Although some studies have reported the in vivo toxicity of AIEge…

Studying human development presents significant ethical and technical challenges. Yet, the integration of stem cell technology and engineering tools has provided unprecedented insights into early lineage specification and the morphogenetic …

Uterine dendritic cells (uDCs) are critical for endometrial function, yet their origin and functional roles during the pre- and post-implantation periods in the human endometrium remain largely unknown. We hypothesize that distinct uDC subs…

We recently showed that endometriotic peritoneal fluid (PF) altered the regulation of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) and H3K27me3. This study aimed to determine if PF by regulating EZH2/H3K27me3 modulated C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4…

The role of gut microbiota in live birth attainment upon in vitro fertilization (IVF) remains unclear. We recruited 67 women, evaluated bacterial constituents in the serum, and analyzed the gut microbiota composition and functions prior to …

Sheep (Ovis aries) are valuable biomedical models for studying human reproductive biology, however, the transcriptional dynamics underlying their ovarian development remain insufficiently characterized. In this study, we profiled 61,649 sin…