Izumi G

No ORCID on file · 34 papers in corpus
other 2014
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.3109/09513590.2014.911279

Dienogest is a novel progestin that is highly selective for progesterone receptors and inhibits endometriosis. However, it remains unknown how the administration of dienogest to patients with endometriosis impacts on their lesion tissues. T…

other 2014
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.3109/09513590.2014.926882

Adenomyosis is a common disorder in premenopausal women that causes dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain and menorrhagia. Considering that adenomyosis is an estrogen-dependent disease, the medical treatment is based on this hormone. Effective and well…

lab-animal 2014
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/aji.12282

PROBLEM: Immune tolerance to endometriotic cells is important to promote endometriosis. Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TDO) enhances immune tolerance by catabolizing tryptophan to kynurenine. We studied whether interleukin-1β (IL-1β), a typica…

lab-animal 2013
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jc.2012-3475

CONTEXT: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease in which immune response and production of estrogen in endometriotic tissues are involved in the development of the disease. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) stimulates aromatase (P450arom) ex…

lab-animal 2012
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719112463253

The aim of this study is to examine the regulation of follistatin, an activin-binding protein, in endometriosis. Endometrioma stromal cells (EoSCs) were obtained from 9 patients undergoing laparoscopy of the ovarian endometrioma. In culture…

lab-animal 2012
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.07.1117

OBJECTIVE: To investigate a new role of interleukin (IL)-17A in endometriosis. DESIGN: Laboratory study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Patients with ovarian endometrioma undergoing laparoscopy or laparotomy. INTERVENTION(S):…

lab-animal 2012
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/des291

STUDY QUESTION: Is thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) involved in the pathophysiology of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: TSLP is up-regulated by interleukin (IL)-1β and may be involved in the development of endometriosis. WHAT IS KNOWN AL…

lab-animal 2011
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.05.006

OBJECTIVE: To examine the regulation and the function of activin-A in stromal cells derived from endometrioma. DESIGN: Molecular studies. SETTING: University research laboratory. PATIENT(S): Endometrioma stromal cells (EoSC) were obtaine…

case-report 2011
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.3109/09513590.2010.533800

Extragenital endometriosis severely impairs the quality of life for affected women but its standard management has not yet been well established because of its relatively low incidence. As extragenital organs, intestine, followed by urinary…