Qiuyin Cai
ORCID: 0000-0002-9384-5648
· 4 papers in corpus
observational
2013
BACKGROUND: Experimental and epidemiologic evidence have suggested that chronic inflammation may play a critical role in endometrial carcinogenesis. METHODS: To investigate this hypothesis, a two-stage study was carried out to evaluate sin…
observational
2011
BACKGROUND: In addition to mediating aspects of physiologic and pathologic angiogenesis, the VEGF family also contributes to carcinogenesis. METHODS: We comprehensively characterized genetic variation across four VEGF family genes and eval…
observational
2009
BACKGROUND: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the progesterone receptor (PGR) gene have been associated with the risk of endometrial cancer. However, to the authors' knowledge, no study to date has systematically evaluated the role …
observational
2009
The matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) function as regulators of the dynamic tissue remodeling that occurs in the endometrial lining of the uterus during the normal human menstrual cycle; dysregulation of the MMPs is thought to contribute to t…