Proteomic detection of COX-2 pathway-related factors in patients with adenomyosis.

Background: Investigating the relationship between cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) pathway-related factors and clinical features in patients with adenomyosis by proteomics could provide potential therapeutic targets.

Methods: This study recruited 40 patients undergoing surgical hysterectomy and pathological diagnosis of adenomyosis, collected ectopic endometrial specimens, and recorded clinical data. The expression levels of COX-2 in ectopic uterus lesions were detected using the immunohistochemical (IHC) SP method.

Esomeprazole Alleviates Cisplatin Resistance by Inhibiting the AKT/mTOR Pathway in Ovarian Cancer Cells.

Purpose: Ovarian cancer is the most lethal malignancy in gynecology. Due to limited treatment strategies and platinum resistance, newer drugs and therapeutic options are needed. Esomeprazole (ESO) has been reported to have multiple anticancer activities in preclinical and clinical research.

Fine-Grained Lesion Classification Framework for Early Auxiliary Diagnosis.

The deep neural networks are envisaged for the early disease diagnosis from medical images. However, in the early stage of the disease, the medical images of patients and healthy people have only subtle visual differences. Distinguishing the medical images for early diagnosis belongs to the Fine-Grained Visual Classification (FGVC) task.

Vaginal yolk sac tumors in infants and children: A case report and literature review.

A vaginal yolk sac tumor (YST) is a rare malignant germ cell tumor for infants and children, and it has been >50 years since the first case was reported. The treatment strategy has changed markedly in the past 50 years, from radical surgical treatment to conservative surgery combined with chemotherapy, and then to combined chemotherapy alone. The present study reports the case of a primary vaginal YST in a 13-month-old girl that was successfully treated by tumor resection combined with chemotherapy.

Celecoxib reduces inflammation and angiogenesis in mice with adenomyosis.

Objective: This study aimed to explore the effect of COX-2 selective inhibitor (celecoxib) on adenomyosis and its mechanism.

Methods: By establishing a mouse model of adenomyosis and using celecoxib to treat adenomyosis, newly born female mice were randomly divided into a control group, adenomyosis model group, and celecoxib group. Hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) staining was used to observe the depth of endometrial infiltration of mouse adenomyosis.

Identification and characterization of a murine model of BCR‑ABL1+ acute B‑lymphoblastic leukemia with central nervous system metastasis.

Breakpoint cluster region (BCR)‑Abelson murine leukemia (ABL)1+ acute B‑lymphoblastic leukemia (B‑ALL) is a disease associated with a dismal prognosis and a high incidence of central nervous system (CNS) metastasis. However, BCR‑ABL1+ B‑ALL with CNS infiltration has not been previously characterized, at least to the best of our knowledge. In the present study, a murine model of BCR‑ABL1+ B‑ALL with CNS metastasis was established using retroviral transduction.

Downregulation of WW domain-containing oxidoreductase leads to tamoxifen-resistance by the inactivation of Hippo signaling.

Unlabelled: Acquired tamoxifen-resistance is an important cause of death in patients with hormone-dependent breast tumors. Therefore, understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the development of tamoxifen-resistance is critical for successful endocrine therapy. This study aimed to define the role of WW domain-containing oxidoreductase (WWOX) in acquired tamoxifen-resistance.

Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Label-Free 3-D Optical Coherence Microscopy Images of Human Cervical Tissue.

Objective: Ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence microscopy (OCM) has recently demonstrated its potential for accurate diagnosis of human cervical diseases. One major challenge for clinical adoption, however, is the steep learning curve clinicians need to overcome to interpret OCM images. Developing an intelligent technique for computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) to accurately interpret OCM images will facilitate clinical adoption of the technology and improve patient care.

Ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence microscopy accurately classifies precancerous and cancerous human cervix free of labeling.

Cervical cancer remains the fourth most common cause of cancer worldwide and the third leading cause of cancer deaths for women in developing countries. Traditional screening tools, such as human papillomavirus and Pap tests, cannot provide results in real-time and cannot localize suspicious regions. Colposcopy-directed biopsies are invasive in nature and only a few sites of the cervix may be chosen for investigation.

[Targeted interruption of COX-2 gene by siRNA inhibits the expression of VEGF, MMP-9, the activity of COX-2 and stimulates the apoptosis in eutopic, ectopic endometrial stromal cells of women with endometriosis].

Objective: To investigate the effect of targeted interruption of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) gene by small interference RNA (siRNA) on the expression of COX-2, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in eutopic and ectopic endometrial stromal cells (ESC) with endometriosis, and the effect on the content of 6-keto-prostaglandin-F1α (6-keto-PGF1α, metabolites of COX) and the apoptosis of eutopic and ectopic ESC with endometriosis.

Methods: Ectopic and eutopic ESC from 30 women with endometriosis were isolated and cultured respectively. Then, ESC were classified into three groups: interference group, negative control group and blank control group.

Diagnostic value of serum CA125, CA19-9 and CA15-3 in endometriosis: A meta-analysis.

Aim: To evaluate the diagnostic value of serum cancer antigen (CA)125, CA19-9 and CA15-3 concentrations in endometriosis.

Methods: Case-control studies evaluating CA125, CA19-9 and CA15-3 and endometriosis, published between January 2000 and November 2014 were retrieved from PubMed(®) and Google Scholar. Standardized mean differences (SMD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated.

[Correlation between P53 codon 72 polymorphism and tumorigenesis of cervical cancer].

Background & Objective: The p53 codon 72 polymorphism affects human papillomavirus (HPV) E6-mediated degradation of p53. This study was to investigate distribution of p53 polymorphism in Guangdong women, and relationship between p53 polymorphism and tumorigenesis of cervical cancer.

Methods: Cervical smears of 46 patients with cervical cancer (case group), and 84 patients with benign gynecologic tumor (control group) treated in our hospital from Sept.