Akiyama I

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus
other 2020
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-019-00090-9

In endometriosis, M2 macrophages (MΦ) are dominant and promote the development of endometriosis lesions. However, the factor(s) which induces M2 MΦ are unknown. In the present study, we focused on interleukin (IL)-33, known as an alarmin an…

case-report 2019
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.14014

Laparoscopic port site endometriosis is less common in abdominal wall endometriosis, and malignant transformation of abdominal wall endometriosis is rare. We reported a case of mixed endometrioid and clear cell carcinoma arising from port s…

lab-animal 2016
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/aji.12592

OBJECTIVE: We investigated α-7 nAchR expression in human peritoneal macrophages and examined whether activation of nAchR might be a new therapy for endometriosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Human peritoneal fluid mononuclear cells (PFMC) were …

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…