OBJECTIVE: Prediction of the therapeutic efficacy of uterine artery embolization (UAE) for adenomyosis (AM) using an MRI-based radiomics model combined with clinical characteristics. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 126 p…
Ferroptosis is a novel form of programmed cell death characterized by iron-dependent lipid peroxidation (LPO). It has been widely demonstrated in the last years to play a crucial pathogenic role in ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). The pat…
BACKGROUND: Cold exposure can induce microvascular damage, which in turn contributes to various gynecological disorders. Liangfang Wenjing Decoction (LFWJD), a classical botanical drug prescription, has long been used to treat gynecological…
Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) is a chemical softener and plasticizer commonly used in toys, food packaging, wallpaper, detergents and shampoos. The estrogenic actions of BBP have detrimental effects on humans and animals. In this study, the …
Endometriosis is a disease that involves dysfunction of mitochondria, imbalance of proliferation, and apoptosis. Coiled-coil-helix-coiled-coil-helix domain containing 2 (CHCHD2) is a major mitochondrial protein which could regulate the mito…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether seasonal variations and meteorological factors influence pregnancy outcomes in women undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) treatment. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Univ…
Worldwide, ovarian cancer (OC) is the seventh common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death in women. Due to high rates of relapse, there is an urgent need for the identification of new targets for OC treatment. The far-ups…
BACKGROUND: We aimed to compare the clinical and perinatal outcomes of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) undergoing in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) treatment with either an early-follicular lo…
Damage to sperm DNA was proposed to play an important role in embryonic development. Previous studies focused on outcomes after fresh embryo transfer, whereas this study investigated the influence of sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) on l…
BACKGROUND: Cold, an environmental factor, induces many reproductive diseases. It is known that endothelin (ET) is a potent vasoconstrictor, and cold stress can increase the expression of ET and its receptors. The cold stress rat model was …
Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is a pathological condition of the placenta with abnormal adhesion or invasion of the placental villi to the uterine wall, which is associated with a variety of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. Although s…
A number of studies focusing on the association between the exon 1 CAG repeat polymorphism of the androgen receptor (AR) gene and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have revealed conflicting results. The current systematic review and meta-ana…