Xinxin Hou

ORCID: 0000-0001-6055-752X · 6 papers in corpus · active 2016-2026

Study types

  • article 4
  • other 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 6
  • mesh:D004715 4
other 2026
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms27094151

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disorder affecting approximately 10% of reproductive-age women, yet non-hormonal therapeutic options remain limited. This study investigates the role of the TLR4/NF-κB/NLRP3 inflammasome axis in endom…

article 2025
·doi:10.1097/rd9.0000000000000122

Despite impressive progress being made in investigating the mechanisms underlying endometriosis, the pathophysiology of this disease remains unclear. Although typical methods used for diagnosing endometriosis such as ultrasound, magnetic re…

review 2023
Journal of reproductive immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2023.103975
article 2019
·doi:10.4103/2096-2924.262392

Numerous studies have shown aberrant immune cell function in endometriosis, including T cells, B cells, natural killer cells, and macrophages (MΦ). These alterations are thought to be induced by various mechanisms that promote the disease. …

article 2017
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/aji.12644

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by the elevation of proinflammatory cytokines, such as IL-6, in the peritoneal fluid. However, the precise mechanism of the highly elevated IL-6 levels in ectopic milieu remains …

article 2016
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/aji.12557

PROBLEM: Chemokines have been reported to play a sovereign role in the establishment and progression of endometriosis. Fractalkine is a chemokine that is upregulated in many inflammatory diseases including endometriosis. Fractalkine functio…