Qiuju Li

No ORCID on file · 15 papers in corpus · active 2016-2024

Study types

  • article 11
  • other 3
  • case-report 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 10
  • mesh:D004715 8
  • adenomyosis 6
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • mesh:D004412 2
  • thoracic_endometriosis 1
other 2024
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-024-01536-5

Endometriosis diagnosis is usually delayed. The gold standard for diagnosing endometriosis is laparoscopy, which is invasive and accompanied by several risks. Currently, there are no effective non-invasive biomarkers for diagnosing endometr…

other 2022
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.1080/09513590.2021.2000961

PURPOSE: To study the efficacy and safety of the dienogest and the gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) in symptomatic females with uterine adenomyosis. METHODS: A total of 127 patients with adenomyosis with a chief complaint of…

other 2022
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm11185286

The absence of clinically objective methods to evaluate adenomyosis-associated pain and the poor understanding of its pathophysiology lead to treatment limitations. We conducted a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study wi…

article 2022
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm11092638

The main symptoms of adenomyosis may adversely affect physical and mental health and quality of life (QOL). However, studies are few on this topic. This study evaluated the effect of adenomyosis on anxiety, depression, and QOL. Participants…

article 2022
Molecular human reproduction ·doi:10.1093/molehr/gaac010

Peritoneal macrophages play a significant role in the progression of endometriosis (EM), but their functional differentiation is still unclear, and their phagocytic ability is weak. CD47-signal-regulated protein α (SIRPα) and PD-L1-PD-1 are…

article 2021
Frontiers in immunology ·doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.707784

Background: Endometriosis is a common nonmalignant gynecological disorder that affects 10-15% women of reproductive age and causes several symptoms that result in decreased quality of life and a huge social burden. In recent decades, extrac…

article 2021
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2021.06.029
article 2020
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.14376

AIMS: To compare the efficacy of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) and GnRH-a + levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) after adenomyomectomy for improved adenomyosis-associated symptoms. METHODS: Overall, 193 p…

article 2019
Frontiers in oncology ·doi:10.3389/fonc.2019.01252

Endometriosis is one of the most common benign gynecological diseases. It shows similar attributes to those of some fatal tumors if it is becomes malignant. These attributes include invasion, implantation, and recurrence. Epidemiological, c…

case-report 2019
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer ·doi:10.1016/j.jtho.2019.06.006
article 2018
Biology of reproduction ·doi:10.1093/biolre/ioy212

Endometriosis is a common multifactorial gynecological disorder defined as the proliferation of endometrial tissue outside of the uterine cavity. Neuroangiogenesis (co-recruitment of nerves and blood vessels) is believed to play an integral…

article 2018
Molecular human reproduction ·doi:10.1093/molehr/gay049

STUDY QUESTION: Do exosomes play a role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis in a murine model? SUMMARY ANSWER: Exosomes from endometriosis (EMS) can alternatively activate macrophages and thus contribute to the development of lesions in mi…

article 2017
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) ·doi:10.1530/rep-17-0174

Abstract Endometrial cells and microenvironment are two important factors in the pathogenesis of adenomyosis. Our previous study demonstrated that macrophages can induce eutopic epithelial cells of adenomyosis to suffer from epithelial–mese…

article 2016
Biology of reproduction ·doi:10.1095/biolreprod.116.144071

Adenomyosis is a nonneoplastic condition characterized by the benign invasion of ectopic endometrium into the myometrium. Macrophages play significant roles in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and adenomyosis. An EMT associated with …

article 2016
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dew274

STUDY QUESTION: What are the features of peritoneal macrophage subgroups and T helper cells in the development of murine endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: ) cells are increased. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: Numerous studies investigating the etiolog…