Yasuko Takenaka
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· 6 papers in corpus
lab-animal
2009
Lipopolysaccharide-enhanced cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) expression and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production were compared in endometriotic stromal cells (ESCs) and eutopic endometrial stromal cells. Lipopolysaccharide promotes the proliferation …
2008
lab-animal
2007
Ovarian surface epithelial cells (OSEs) are considered to be the common source of endometrioma and epithelial ovarian cancer. The present study reveals that keratinocyte growth factor receptor (KGFR) messenger RNA was expressed in OSEs of e…
lab-animal
2007
OBJECTIVE: To examine the molecular basis of aromatase expression in stromal cell culture from endometriotic chocolate cysts. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Biosignaling, Tott…
review
2007
Apoptosis plays a critical role in maintaining tissue homeostasis and represents a normal function to eliminate excess or dysfunctional cells. Accumulated evidence suggest that apoptosis helps to maintain cellular homeostasis during the men…
lab-animal
2007
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR gamma) ligand (pioglitazone) on tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced interleukin-8 (IL-8) expression in endometriotic stromal cells (E…