Y Kawashima

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the CA 125 antigen purified from the conditioned media using an in vitro system that we have established for the culture of epithelial cells from human uterine endometrium. STUDY DESIGN: CA 125 was purified separ…

We have established an in vitro system in which epithelial cells (EC) and stromal cells (SC) from the human endometrium are placed in culture to examine the production of CA125. There was a much greater amount of CA125 in heterotopic EC aft…

Sialyl Tn antigen (NeuAc alpha 2----6GalNac alpha 1----0-Ser/Thr [STN]) with antigenic specificity in the core structure of mucin-type carbohydrate chains has been determined. In the present study, we evaluated the clinical significance of …

Clinically we rather frequently treat infertile women with endometriosis, either external or internal. Nowadays the study of the histogenesis of endometriosis is urgently required by patients who suffer from sterility because of endometriot…

A serological diagnosis of ovarian carcinoma was performed using a combination assay consisting of three tumor markers. Cancer Antigen 125 (CA125), Sialyl Lex-i (SLX), and CA72-4. The results were compared with those for the individual tumo…

We measured five tumor markers simultaneously for serodiagnostic testing as a method for the early detection of ovarian cancer. To decrease both false negativity and false positivity in the results of combination assay, statistical analysis…

We discussed the mechanism of the increase in CA125 among patients with benign gynecologic diseases, especially with endometriosis. The tissue CA125 concentrations of surface endometrium in patients with adenomyosis were as follows; the hig…

We investigated the usefulness of the measurement of serum CA125 levels for the diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of endometriosis. An additional study concentrated on the production of CA125. 1. Elevated levels of serum CA125 were noted…

Although we encounter endometriosis not infrequently, the exact nature of this entity has not yet been determined. In order to study the morphogenesis of this disease, we chose the adenomyotic glandular epithelium as distinct ectopic glands…

The patients with endometriosis have shown a significant increase in frequency in our country. In the recent years, the incidence of endometriosis in gynecological outpatients is probably 3%. In infertile patients, endometriosis has been de…