Hao Zhao

ORCID: 0000-0001-7776-1201 · 5 papers in corpus
other 2025
Correlation between gut microbiota and pancreatitis: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology ·doi:10.1097/meg.0000000000002861

OBJECTIVE: The causative role of gut microbiota in pancreatitis remains unknown. This study aimed to investigate potential causal associations between gut microbiota and pancreatitis, using bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) analysi…

lab-animal 2025
TGF-β/snail-mediated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition disrupts estradiol metabolism through suppressing the HSD17B2 expression in endometriotic epithelial cells
Biochemical and biophysical research communications ·doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2025.151964

Endometriosis affects nearly 10 % of reproductive-age women and is characterized by the growth of endometrial-like tissues outside the uterus. This disease poses significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges due to its unknown origins a…

observational 2025
The association between pregnancy outcomes of frozen thawed embryo transfers and previous SARS-CoV-2 infections
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-025-11446-4

The present study aimed to explore whether there is an association between the transfer of frozen thawed embryos (FET) obtained during SARS-CoV-2 infection and an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. We performed a case-control coh…

2022
Inhibition of Chemerin/CMKLR1 Axis Mitigates the Endometriosis Progression
·doi:10.2139/ssrn.4049631
lab-animal 2022
Targeting the chemerin/CMKLR1 axis by small molecule antagonist α-NETA mitigates endometriosis progression
Frontiers in pharmacology ·doi:10.3389/fphar.2022.985618

Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease, characterized by the presence of endometrial-like lesions outside the uterus. This debilitating disease causes chronic pelvic pain and infertility with limited therapeutics. Chemerin is a sec…