Ki-Hyung Kim

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus
lab-animal 2016
Oncotarget ·doi:10.18632/oncotarget.12355

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) remains the most lethal gynecologic malignancy in developed countries. Chronic endogenous sterile pro-inflammatory responses are strongly linked to EOC progression and chemoresistance to anti-cancer therapeut…

lab-animal 2013
International journal of molecular medicine ·doi:10.3892/ijmm.2013.1362

Increasing evidence indicates the potentially crucial roles of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) in the pathological process underlying endometriosis. The present study aimed to invest…

lab-animal 2011
Phytotherapy research : PTR ·doi:10.1002/ptr.3694

Curcumin, a naturally occurring polyphenolic compound from Curcuma longa, has long been used in folk medicine as an antiinflammatory remedy in Asian countries. Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological inflammatory disorder in which immune s…

lab-animal 2006
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/del077

BACKGROUND: An increase in the level of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) production has been reported in the peritoneal fluid (PF) of endometriosis patients. This suggests that changes in the vascular permeability and angiogene…

lab-animal 2005
International Immunopharmacology ·doi:10.1016/j.intimp.2005.05.004

Endometriosis is a gynecologic disorder characterized by the ectopic growth of misplaced endometrial cells. Moreover, immunological abnormalities of cell-mediated and humoral immunity may be associated with the pathogenesis of endometriosis…

other 2002
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/17.3.595

BACKGROUND: The increased production of pro-inflammatory chemoattractant cytokines for neutrophils in endometriosis suggests that changes in the immune system play an important role in the pathophysiology of endometriosis. The effects of pl…