Yamaguchi A

No ORCID on file · 9 papers in corpus
lab-animal 2025
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-025-13102-3

Transformation of cardiac fibroblasts into matrix-producing myofibroblasts plays an important role in tissue repair and fibrosis after myocardial injury. Tcf21 is a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that is essential for the devel…

observational 2024
Cureus ·doi:10.7759/cureus.62392

Purpose Postoperative infections pose an important problem for patients with cardiac disease. Moreover, oral health status is associated with the risk of longer hospital stays. Therefore, the oral health status of patients was assessed befo…

observational 2022
BMC pregnancy and childbirth ·doi:10.1186/s12884-021-04347-7

BACKGROUND: The association of maternal preconception dysmenorrhea, especially primary dysmenorrhea, with obstetric complications has not been clearly described. Therefore, we evaluated the association of preconception dysmenorrhea with obs…

observational 2022
Nutrients ·doi:10.3390/nu14194100

We aimed to examine the impact of a preconception pro-inflammatory diet on gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) using singleton pregnancy data from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study involving live births from 2011 to 2014. Individua…

observational 2022
BMC pregnancy and childbirth ·doi:10.1186/s12884-022-04861-2

BACKGROUND: In reproductive medicine, vitamin D (VitD) is of particular interest because its deficiency has been linked to various infertility issues. Thus, preconception care, including appropriate VitD supplementation, is essential, espec…

observational 2021
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) ·doi:10.1016/j.nut.2020.111129

OBJECTIVES: Increased risk of preterm birth (PTB) in women with endometriosis is considered to be associated with chronic inflammatory conditions. Accordingly, we hypothesized that a prepregnancy antiinflammatory diet is a potential form of…

observational 2021
International journal of environmental research and public health ·doi:10.3390/ijerph18052246

This study aimed to clarify the association between uterine myomas and preterm birth (PTB), preterm premature rupture of membranes (pPROM), and intrauterine infection (II). The study was based on data from the Japan Environment and Children…

observational 2019
BMC pregnancy and childbirth ·doi:10.1186/s12884-019-2608-9

BACKGROUND: Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is a life-threating complication in the field of obstetrics. Sometimes we face with unexpected PAS cases which is potentially higher maternal mortality and morbidity compared with expected cases. …

case-report 2018
Journal of cardiology cases ·doi:10.1016/j.jccase.2018.08.002

Deep vein thrombosis occasionally causes paradoxical embolism in patients with a patent foramen ovale (PFO). We report the case of a 42-year-old female who was hospitalized for stroke. Detailed investigations revealed the existence of a PFO…