Wan-Ning Li

ORCID: 0000-0002-2057-885X · 9 papers in corpus
lab-animal 2026
Journal of Biomedical Science ·doi:10.1186/s12929-026-01233-2

BACKGROUND: Infertility affects one in six individuals worldwide despite the advancement of assisted reproductive technologies. Successful embryo implantation is the first step of pregnancy, which relies on the establishment of a receptive …

lab-animal 2026
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) ·doi:10.1093/reprod/xaag072

In brief: Deep endometriosis is a highly invasive and severely painful disorder. This study identifies interleukin-17A as a central mediator that links immune-driven inflammation to the acquisition of pathogenic behaviors, including prolife…

lab-animal 2023
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dead071

STUDY QUESTION: Does YAP1 inhibition alleviate progesterone resistance in endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: YAP1 inhibition reduces progesterone resistance in vitro and in vivo. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: Progesterone resistance not only causes …

review 2022
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology ·doi:10.1016/j.jsbmb.2022.106160

Myometrial contraction is stringently controlled throughout pregnancy and parturition. Progesterone signaling, effecting through the progesterone receptor (PR), is pivotal in modulating uterine activity. Evidence has shown that two major PR…

review 2021
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) ·doi:10.1530/REP-20-0267

Endometriosis is a benign gynecological disease that affects about 10% of women of reproductive age. Patients with endometriosis suffer from long-term coexistence with dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and even infertility, which severely reduces …

lab-animal 2021
Taiwanese journal of obstetrics & gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.tjog.2021.05.022

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis is a bothersome disease affected women worldwide, the mechanism of disease development is still under investigation. Several inflammatory responses after clinical hyaluronic acid (HA) use were reported. Cyclooxygena…

lab-animal 2020
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·doi:10.1073/pnas.1920037117

Endometriosis is a highly prevalent gynecological disease with severe negative impacts on life quality and financial burden. Unfortunately, there is no cure for this disease, which highlights the need for further investigation about the pat…

lab-animal 2019
Theranostics ·doi:10.7150/thno.30655

Rationale: Endometriosis is a highly prevalent gynecological disease in women of reproductive age that markedly reduces life quality and fertility. Unfortunately, there is no cure for this disease, which highlights that more efforts are nee…

lab-animal 2018
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dey220

STUDY QUESTION: How does hypoxia-mediated downregulation of chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor II (COUP-TFII) promote angiogenesis in endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Suppression of COUP-TFII by hypoxia stimulates angio…