Clinical characteristics of endometrioma with and without dysmenorrhea diagnosed by laparoscopy: A retrospective cohort study in a tertiary center.

Objective: Clinical characteristics of patients with endometrioma without dysmenorrhea have not been well delineated; our goal was to remedy this issue by performing a retrospective cohort study.

Methods: A total of 379 patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery for endometrioma ≥4 cm at a tertiary hospital were included in this retrospective study. Patients were divided into two groups based on the presence of dysmenorrhea at the time of hospital visit; with dysmenorrhea group and without dysmenorrhea group.

Effects of murine dermal cells on the regulation of hair growth is dependent on the cell number and post-natal age of newborn mice.

Dermal cells from neonatal mice can initiate the formation of hair follicles (HFs) when combined with adult mouse epidermal cells and transplanted subcutaneously into athymic mice. In the present study, the effects of dermal cells on HF formation were tested in terms of total cell number and the time course of cell harvest. Results demonstrated that the number of dermal cells is critical to the formation of HF.

Differential expression of p63 isoforms in normal skin and hyperproliferative conditions.

Background: The p63 is regarded as a potential stem cell marker.

Methods: Expression of p63 isoforms was examined in normal skin and hyperproliferative conditions including psoriasis and artificial skin equivalents (SEs). Rapidly adhering (RA) and slowly adhering (SA) cells were isolated, and Western blotting was performed.