Zhu L

Placental protein 14 (PP-14) is the principal secretory phase product of endometrium and has been shown to inhibit cell immune function. But its role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis is controversy. The objective of this study is to det…

BACKGROUND: Wide excision is considered the treatment of endometriosis. It is difficult to surgeon for reconstruction of a large full-thickness defect through the abdominal-wall. We introduce a method of mini-abdominoplasty combined with me…

Angiogenesis is a prerequisite for the formation and development of endometriosis. Pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) is a natural inhibitor of angiogenesis. We previously demonstrated a reduction of PEDF in the peritoneal fluid, seru…

Endometriosis, with a prevalence rate ranging from 6% to 10%, is the major contributor to pelvic pain and subfertility, and considerably reduces the quality of life in affected women. However, the pathogenesis of this disease remains largel…

OBJECTIVE: To study the pathologic characteristics of eutopic endometrium in patients with endometriosis. METHODS: Pathologic characteristics of eutopic endometrium were studied in 176 patients with endometriosis in Peking Union Medical Co…

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the appropriate measures for diagnosing and treating perineal endometriosis (PEM) with anal sphincter involvement. METHODS: Between January 1992 and April 2011, the clinical features, di…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate strategies of diagnosis and treatment of ureter endometriosis. METHODS: From 1983 to 2010, the cases registered in Peking Union Medical College Hospital and confirmed as ureter endometriosis by surgery were enroll…

OBJECTIVE: To study the diagnosis and treatment of inguinal endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective study was made of 9 patients presenting with inguinal endometriosis between January 1986 and November 2008. RESULTS: The incidence of…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the characteristics and trends of surgical management on endometriosis in Peking Union Medical College Hospital From 1983 to 2009. METHODS: The medical documents of patients with endometriosis diagnosed by surgica…

OBJECTIVE: To establish the diagnostic model for endometriosis by screening the plasma biomarkers of endometriosis using surface enhanced laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF-MS)coupled with bioinformatics…

BACKGROUND: In mouse endometrium, glycogen synthase kinase-3beta (GSK3beta) is a key enzyme controlling nuclear localization of cyclin D1. We developed a functional model of xenografted human endometrium to test whether similar mechanisms a…

Thrombospondin-1 messenger RNA and protein levels in cultured human endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) treated with 17-beta estradiol (10 nM) were reduced by 47.6% (+/-6.5% SD; P < 0.05) and 49.0% (+/-8.6%; P < 0.05) compared with untreated c…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical presentation of perineal endometriosis and evaluate its treatment. METHODS: Clinical data were analyzed from the records of 36 patients with perineal endometriosis who were operated on between 1983 and 20…

OBJECTIVE: To set up the proteomic protein profiling of adenomyotic tissue and normal uterine muscle and identify the abnormally expressed proteins in adenomyotic tissue. METHODS: Samples of adenomyotic tissue (adenomyosis group) and age-m…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the diagnosis and treatment of perineal endometriosis. METHODS: The clinical date of 30 patients with perineal endometriosis, aged 32.3 (23 approximately 44), who were admitted 1983 - 2006, operated on, and follow…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the apoptosis-related mechanisms of levenorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS), oral medroxyprogesterone (MPA), and injective gonadotrophic hormone releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) on eutopic endometri…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of progesterone and progestin on the expressions of regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) in eutopic endometrium from patients with endometriosis. METHODS: We collected…

We examined the mechanism by which lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) regulates beta2-integrin-mediated adhesion of eosiniophils. Eosinophils were isolated from blood of mildly atopic volunteers by negative immunomagnetic selection. beta2-integr…

Endometriosis is a common benign disease affecting about 10% to 20% of women.1 The frequency of intestinal endometriosis varies between 3% and 37% in women with proven endometriosis. The most often involved site of the disease is the rectos…

OBJECTIVE: To establish the chick embryo chorioallantioc membrane (CAM) as a model for in vivo research on endometriosis. The model was used to investigate the mechanism of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antibody for treatme…

OBJECTIVE: To observe the effects of levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) in treatment of pain associated with endometriosis (EM) and adenomyosis (AM), and in prevention of disease recurrence. METHODS: Thirty-three cases …

OBJECTIVE: To study the techniques to repair the fascia layer of abdominal wall after the resection of abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE). METHODS: Fifty-five AWE patients aged 28 approximately 38 underwent resection of the lesion. After t…