Zhiwen Cao

No ORCID on file · 9 papers in corpus
lab-animal 2026
The Journal of clinical investigation ·doi:10.1172/jci178862

Defective endometrial decidualization is one major cause of female infertility, yet the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we identified that protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5), which was upregulated during decidualizatio…

other 2024
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deae246

STUDY QUESTION: Does the downregulation of cell division cycle 42 (CDC42) protein in endometrial stroma lead to endometrial senescence in patients with recurrent implantation failure (RIF), and what is the potential mechanism? SUMMARY ANSW…

other 2024
Biochemical and biophysical research communications ·doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.151004

A successful embryo implantation relies heavily on the receptivity of the endometrial epithelium, a process regulated by various molecular mechanisms. Evaluating endometrial receptivity in infertility patients undergoing assisted reproducti…

other 2023
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-023-02762-7

PURPOSE: This study aims to identify the mechanism of Inhibin Subunit Beta B (INHBB), a member of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) family involved in the regulation of human endometrial stromal cells (HESCs) decidualization in recur…

lab-animal 2023
EBioMedicine ·doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104433

BACKGROUND: Successful embryo implantation requires the attachment of a blastocyst to the receptive endometrial epithelium, which was disturbed in the women with recurrent implantation failure (RIF). Endometrial β3-integrin was the most imp…

lab-animal 2022
Cell death discovery ·doi:10.1038/s41420-022-01253-5

Recurrent implantation failure (RIF) is a rather thorny problem in the clinical practice of assisted reproductive technology. Due to the complex aetiology of RIF, its pathogenesis is far from fully understood, and there is no effective trea…

lab-animal 2022
Cell death discovery ·doi:10.1038/s41420-022-01203-1

Embryo adhesion is a very important step in the embryo implantation process. Homeobox A10 (HOXA10), a key transcriptional factor of endometrial receptivity, is indispensable for embryo adhesion. However, how to control the activation status…

other 2019
Annals of translational medicine ·doi:10.21037/atm.2019.11.58

BACKGROUND: The effects of letrozole plus human menopausal gonadotropin (HMG) on ovarian stimulation (OS) of intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles were examined. METHODS: In all, 1,005 IUI cycles were included in this study. Couples under…

other 1993
Hua xi yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of West China University of Medical Sciences = Huaxi yike daxue xuebao

Estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER and PR) in 18 cases of ovarian endometriosis and 13 cases of adenomyosis were determined with dextran coated charcoal (DCC) method. The levels of ER and PR in those specimens were lower than those of …