Hiroshi Suginami

No ORCID on file · 10 papers in corpus
lab-animal 2014
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.05.031

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the direct effects of progesterone receptor (PR) agonists on proliferation and apoptosis of human adenomyotic cells. STUDY DESIGN: Human primary cultures of adenomyotic stromal cells (ASCs) from 24 patients with …

observational 2014
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/aji.12331

PROBLEM: Endometriosis is recognized as a chronic inflammatory disease and is related to immune response. There have been reports that revealed the different distribution of macrophage within the eutopic endometrium of women with endometrio…

observational 2014
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088354

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between endometriosis and chronic endometritis. METHODS: Endometrial specimens were obtained from 71 patients, 34 with endometriosis (endometriosis group) and 37 without endometriosis (non-endometrios…

other 2012
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2012.06.027

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to differentiate and specify the subtypes of adenomyosis. STUDY DESIGN: Surgically treated adenomyosis (n = 152) was subcategorized retrospectively into 4 subtypes on the basis of magnetic resona…

observational 2012
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/des080

BACKGROUND: Endometriotic cells display invasive characteristics, despite their benign histological appearance. Recently, the epithelial-mesenchymal transition, in which epithelial cells acquire mesenchymal and migratory properties, has att…

meta-analysis 2010
Journal of human genetics ·doi:10.1038/jhg.2010.118

To identify susceptibility genes for endometriosis in Japanese women, genome-wide association (GWA) analysis was performed using two case-control cohorts genotyped with the Affymetrix Mapping 500K Array or Genome-Wide Human SNP Array 6.0. I…

rct 2009
JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Shoulder pain is one of the early postlaparoscopic symptoms related to CO(2) used for pneumoperitoneum and remaining in the abdomen. The present study was conducted to validate the hypothesis that complete evacuat…

rct 2008
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.078

OBJECTIVE: To explore novel endometriosis serum biomarkers by surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF-MS). DESIGN: First, we aimed to discover the potential biomarkers of endometriosis by SE…

other 2005
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.12.041

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of the potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) laser used during the laparoscopic anterior rectum slicing (LARS) operation. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical C…

other 2002
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000049419

Endometriosis is one of the causative factors of impaired fecundity. Whatever the mechanisms are of this impairment, surgical removal of endometriosis appears to increase postoperative fecundity. Our strategy in laparoscopic surgery for sym…