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Primary dysmenorrhea is currently an unresolved public health problem worldwide, which suffers the patients comprehensive symptoms. Currently, more and more studies have been focusing on biomarker exploration for diagnosis and target therap…

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a condition caused by the ascension of pathogenic microorganisms from the lower genital tract to the uterus and/or fallopian tubes, and is one of the most common clinical syndromes among women of reprodu…

Thin endometrium (TE, ≤7 mm) is widely recognized as a critical cause of infertility, recurrent pregnancy losses, and placental abnormalities. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) plays a crucial role in tissue repair, …

BACKGROUND: Abdominal pregnancy, a rare form of ectopic pregnancy, is associated with high morbidity and adverse consequences for future fertility. Early recognition and management reduce mortality and allow minimal invasive and conservativ…

BACKGROUND: Dysmenorrhea is highly prevalent; it places women at risk for other chronic pain conditions. There is a high degree of individual variability in menstrual pain severity, the number of painful sites, and co-occurring gastrointest…

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can exert multiple deleterious effects and have been implicated in carcinogenesis. The xenoestrogen Bisphenol A (BPA) that is found in various consumer products has been involved in the dysregulation of…

RESEARCH QUESTION: Does connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) expression relate to adenomyotic fibrosis and determine the correlation between fibrosis with adenomyosis-associated dysmenorrhoea? DESIGN: Protein and mRNA expression of CTGF …

Epithelial‑mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been associated with the pathogenesis of adenomyosis; focal adhesion kinase (FAK) serves an important role in the EMT process. The aim of the present study was to determine whether FAK regulates E…

Age is the number one risk factor for breast cancer, yet the underlying mechanisms are unexplored. Age-associated mammary stem cell (MaSC) dysfunction is thought to play an important role in breast cancer carcinogenesis. Non-human primates …

BACKGROUND: The clinicopathologic characteristics of multiple ossifying fibroma (OF) are unclear due to the condition's rarity, making diagnosis challenging. Sporadic multiple OFs must be distinguished from hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumour sy…