INTRODUCTION: Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is a complex condition with multifactorial causes. This study aimed to characterize the microbial composition of endometrial fluid in RPL patients compared with healthy controls. METHODS: A tota…
RESEARCH QUESTION: While growth hormone (GH) is hypothesized to potentially enhance embryo quality, results of current basic and clinical researches remain inconclusive. This study assesses the effect of GH supplementation on embryo quality…
BACKGROUND: The comorbidity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic autoimmune disease, with cervical cancer has garnered a lot of attention. Cervical cancer is much more common in RA patients than in the general population, which may be ca…
BACKGROUND: The current routine endometrial preparation protocol for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is hormone replacement treatment (HRT). Letrozole is rarely used in frozen embryo cycles. Evidence confirming whether letrozole…
CONTEXT: Genistein (Gen) has shown protective effects against ageing process. OBJECTIVE: To explore the role of Gen on the senescence of H2O2-induced human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and investigate the possible mechanism. …
(Abstracted from Fertil Steril 2019;112:1103–1111) Chronic endometriosis (CE) is a chronic infectious disease that is often misdiagnosed due to its vague symptomatic severity, lack of typical clinical or ultrasounds symptoms, and requiremen…
Objective: The POSEIDON criteria are used to stratify patients with low prognosis after assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment. Since its introduction, there has been no large study about the prognosis of the POSEIDON population. …
BACKGROUND: Angiogenesis appears to be an important event in the pathophysiology of endometriosis (EM) and adenomyosis. Two angiogenic factors, fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 1 and 2, play a central role in the initiation of angiogenesis. W…
Angiogenic growth factors play a critical role in the cyclic growth and vascularization of normal endometrium. Herein, we report the expression and localization of both basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) and its receptor (FGF-R1; flg) i…