Xinxin Xu

ORCID: 0000-0002-4060-4517 · 33 papers in corpus
lab-animal 2026
iScience ·doi:10.1016/j.isci.2026.115678

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…

lab-animal 2025
Reproductive BioMedicine Online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2025.104796

RESEARCH QUESTION: Do mast cells play a role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis and, if so, what is the mechanism of action? DESIGN: The study included 18 women with ovarian endometriosis and 13 women without endometriosis. Primary endom…

lab-animal 2025
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology ·doi:10.1096/fj.202501493r

The studies on how mast cells mediate endometriosis pain are still limited. Mas-related G protein-coupled receptor member X2 (MRGPRX2), a receptor expressed on mast cells, participates in pain, inflammation, and itch. However, it is still u…

observational 2025
mSystems ·doi:10.1128/msystems.00202-25

UNLABELLED: Endometriosis (EM) and adenomyosis (AM) are interrelated gynecological disorders characterized by the aberrant presence of endometrial tissue and are frequently linked with chronic pelvic pain and infertility, yet their pathogen…

2024
·doi:10.2139/ssrn.4945201
lab-animal 2023
Frontiers in immunology ·doi:10.3389/fimmu.2023.1106771

Pain is one of the main clinical symptoms of endometriosis, but its underlying mechanism is still not clear. Recent studies have shown that the secretory mediators of mast cells activated by estrogen are involved in the pathogenesis of endo…

other 2023
Frontiers in endocrinology ·doi:10.3389/fendo.2023.1093683

BACKGROUND: The incidence of endometriosis (EMs), a common disease in gynecology, has increased over the years. Women suffer from the symptoms caused by EMs, such as chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and infertility. However, the etiology …

lab-animal 2023
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-023-01371-0

Endometriosis is an immune chronic inflammatory disease, and there are currently no more effective drugs for treating endometriosis due to its unknown etiology. Salbutamol is a β2-adrenergic receptor (β2AR) agonist commonly used to treat as…

observational 2023
·doi:10.1097/grh.0000000000000079

Introduction: This study aimed to compare the pregnancy outcomes of different endometrial preparation protocols in patients with adenomyosis and thin endometrium during frozen embryo transfer. Methods: The study, which was conducted at the …

observational 2022
·doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.20408677

Additional file 1. Clinical characteristics of endometriosis and control patients in this study.

other 2022
Frontiers in genetics ·doi:10.3389/fgene.2022.828238

Although long non coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and circular RNAs (circRNAs) play important roles in the pathogenesis of diseases, endometriosis related lncRNAs and circRNAs are still rarely reported. This study focused on the potential molecular m…

lab-animal 2022
Journal of ovarian research ·doi:10.1186/s13048-022-01018-9

BACKGROUND: Many factors can affect the recurrence of endometriosis after surgery, however, whether endometriotic cyst fluid contributes to endometriosis recurrence after surgical excision of ovarian endometriomas remains unclear. The objec…

lab-animal 2022
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms231911294

Intrauterine adhesion (IUA) refers to injury to the basal layer of the endometrium, which can be caused by various factors. It is often accompanied by clinical symptoms such as abnormal menstruation, infertility, recurrent abortion, and per…

2021
·doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.14684629

Additional file 10: Table S9. List of differential genes in subtypes of mast cells.

2021
·doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.14684641

Additional file 2: Table S1. Clinical characteristics of endometriosis and control patients in this study.

2021
·doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.14684644

Additional file 3: Table S2. Genes, UMIs counts, percentage of hemoglobin gene and percentage of mitochondrion for each individual cell.

2021
·doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.14684647

Additional file 4: Table S3. The mean gene expression in each cluster of endometriosis (EMs) and control samples.

2021
·doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.14684650

Additional file 5: Table S4. List of markers information for each cluster in ascites cells.

2021
·doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.14684653

Additional file 6: Table S5. The numbers and percentages of each cell type in peritoneal fluid of endometriosis (EMs) and control samples.

2021
·doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.14684656

Additional file 7: Table S6. List of differential genes in subtypes of macrophages.

2021
·doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.14684659

Additional file 8: Table S7. List of differential genes in subtypes of dendritic cells.

2021
·doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.14684662

Additional file 9: Table S8. List of differential genes in subtypes of T cells.

other 2021
Cell & bioscience ·doi:10.1186/s13578-021-00613-5

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a refractory and recurrent disease and it affects nearly 10% of reproductive-aged women and 40% of infertile patients. The commonly accepted theory for endometriosis is retrograde menstruation where endometrial …

meta-analysis 2021
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-021-06278-2

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of ovarian endometrioma aspiration on IVF/ICSI outcomes. METHODS: The PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Wanfang databases were searched to identify studies related …

lab-animal 2021
Frontiers in immunology ·doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.749979

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent gynecological disease. The pathogenesis of endometriosis remains controversial, although it is generally accepted that the inflammatory immune response plays a crucial role in this process. Mast cells …