Mao J

Intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) is a rare entity with nonspecific presentations, often leading to diagnostic challenges. Complete surgical resection requires precise preoperative imaging to map tumor extent. This retrospective case series …

BACKGROUND: Perimenopausal syndrome (PMS) is common, with more than 70% of perimenopausal women experiencing symptoms such as hot flashes and anxiety. As a key regulator of host physiology, the gut microbiota may play an important role in t…

The Fallopian tube (also called the oviduct) provides the physiological site for fertilization and early embryonic development in mammals, yet its role in shaping preimplantation developmental competence remains incompletely understood. Alt…

OBJECTIVES: Endometrial receptivity lacks robust biomarkers. Given its role in stabilizing the progesterone receptor, the epigenetic regulator BMI1 is a key candidate, yet its clinical potential is undefined. This study aimed to characteriz…

Various cellular processes, such as DNA repair and signal transduction, are regulated through ubiquitination and deubiquitination. Dysregulation of ubiquitination cascade enzymes and deubiquitinating enzymes leads to various diseases. Among…

OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this pilot survey were (1) to compare dietary intakes during three survey windows (25-28 weeks gestation, 28-32 weeks gestation and ≥ 3 months postpartum) with the National Institutes of Health, Office of Dieta…

BACKGROUND: The Cardiometabolic Index (CMI), a composite marker integrating lipid profiles (triglycerides-to-HDL-C ratio) and abdominal obesity (waist-to-height ratio), we aimed to assess its association with gallstone prevalence. METHODS:…

Pain, an unpleasant but essential feeling for life, affects more than 20% of the global population and burdens health and the economy. Due to the lack of understanding of the exact fundamental mechanism, the existing therapeutic strategies …

OBJECTIVE: Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) patients have higher absolute numbers of decidual natural killer (dNK) cells with elevated intracellular IFN-γ levels leading to a pro-inflammatory cytokine milieu, which contributes to RPL pathogen…

Ferroptosis, caused by disorders of iron metabolism, plays a critical role in various diseases, making the regulation of iron metabolism essential for tissue repair. In our analysis of degenerated intervertebral disc tissue, we observe a po…

Mitochondria play a pivotal role in physiological and metabolic function of the cell. Mitochondrial dynamics orchestrate mitochondrial function and morphology, involving fission and fusion as well as ultrastructural remodeling. Mounting evi…

Intrauterine adhesion (IUA) is primarily caused by endometrial injury, and hysteroscopic adhesiolysis is presently the main treatment. However, postoperative recurrence and poor pregnancy outcomes remain intractable. In this study, we aim t…

OBJECTIVE: To study biomarkers to develop a novel diagnosis model for endometriosis and validate it using clinical samples. DESIGN: We used publicly available data sets and weighted gene coexpression network analysis to identify differenti…

OBJECTIVES: A multistakeholder expert group under the Women's Health Technology Coordinated Registry Network (WHT-CRN) was organized to develop the foundation for national infrastructure capturing the performance of long-acting and permanen…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effect of intrauterine infusion on platelet-rich plasma on hormone levels and endometrial receptivity of patients with repeated embryo implantation failure (RIF). METHODS: A total of 64 patients with repeated impl…

AIMS: To ask lots of questions and try to find the truth about the medicine-based effectiveness of letrozole (LE) combined with human menopausal gonadotropin (HMG) in the treatment of inability to have children crops patients with endocrine…

Endometriosis is a common disease in women of childbearing age and is closely associated with female infertility. However, the pathogenesis of endometriosis-related infertility is still not fully understood. Prohibitin 1 (PHB1), a highly co…

Histone proteins undergo various modifications that alter chromatin structure, including addition of methyl groups. Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is a histone methyltransferase that methylates lysine residue 27, and thereby suppresses …

OBJECTIVES: Adenomyosis is a common and refractory disease in gynecology. Preserving the uterus during treatment for adenomyosis remains a problem. High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is widely used in treatment of solid tumors. This s…

This study aims to investigate the embryo development potential of extending the culture of abnormally fertilized zygotes with no pronuclear (0PN), monopronuclear (1PN), and poor-quality day 3 embryos and to determine the associated clinica…

Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is a histone methyltransferase that suppresses gene expression. Previously, we developed a conditional null model where EZH2 is knocked out in uterus. Deletion of uterine EZH2 increased proliferation of lu…

CagA of Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium-derived oncogenic protein closely associated with the development of gastric cancers. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of widespread non-coding RNAs, many of which are involved in cell growth, cell d…

UNLABELLED: Chronic pain is a debilitating clinical condition associated with a variety of disease entities including diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, low back pathology, fibromyalgia, and neurological disorders. For many genera…

Recent studies have shown that leptin (an adipocytokine) played an important role in nociceptive behavior induced by nerve injury, but the cellular mechanism of this action remains unclear. Using the whole-cell patch-clamp recording from ra…