Hisashi Narahara
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· 63 papers in corpus
· active 2000-2022
Study types
- article 55
- other 4
- review 4
Condition tags
- endometriosis 49
- endometrioma 3
- infertility 1
- adenomyosis 1
- dyspareunia 1
- dysmenorrhea 1
- bladder_endometriosis 1
- bowel_endometriosis 1
Top journals
Frequent coauthors
- Kaei Nasu 51
- Yuichiro Kawano 28
- Akitoshi Yuge 18
- Masakazu Nishida 17
- Yoko Aoyagi 16
- Wakana Abe 16
- Tomoko Hirakawa 15
- Kazuharu Kai 14
- Mamiko Okamoto 12
- Akitoshi Tsuno 12
article
2014
Mayer-Rokitanski-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a rare disease. A 27-year-old woman was admitted for primary amenorrhea and cyclic pelvic pain. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed bilateral Müllerian remnants with functioning endome…
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2014
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2014
Objective: To assess the involvement of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K)-Akt-mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) on the extracellular matrix contractility of endometriotic cells. Materials and methods: The effects of wortmannin, LY2940…
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2014
BACKGROUND: Glycosylation is one of the most common post-translational modifications of eukaryotic proteins and is known to undergo dynamic changes in a wide range of biological processes. To date, however, the glycan expression profiles in…
article
2013
CONTEXT: Accumulating evidence suggests that various epigenetic aberrations play definite roles in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to determine the epigenetically silenced genes by histone deacet…
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2013
Endometriosis of the perineum and vulva is extremely rare, with the most common site being episiotomy scars. We report here a case of spontaneously developing perineal endometriosis successfully treated with local excision. A 39-year-old wo…
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2013
other
2013
STUDY QUESTION: What is the global expression pattern of microRNAs (miRNAs) in endometriotic stromal cells and is miR-196b involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Several miRNAs are aberrantly expressed in endometrio…
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2013
PROBLEM: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the involvement of death receptor (DR) 6 in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. METHODS OF STUDY: Endometriotic cyst stromal cells (ECSCs) and normal endometrial stromal cells (NESCs) were is…
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2012
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2012
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2012
Purpose Endometriosis of the umbilicus is rare, with the most common site being laparoscopy scars. We report here a case of spontaneously developed, solitary umbilical endometriosis, not associated with a surgical scar, that was successfull…
review
2011
Endometriosis, a common, benign, estrogen-dependent disease affecting 3-10% of women of reproductive age, is characterized by the ectopic growth of endometrial tissue that is found primarily in the peritoneum, ovaries and rectovaginal septu…
review
2011
Endometriosis, a disease affecting 3% to 10% of women of reproductive age, is characterized by the ectopic growth of endometrial tissue under the influence of estrogen. It is also becoming recognized as a condition in which ectopic endometr…
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2011
BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence suggests that various epigenetic aberrations play definite roles in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. We investigated the histone acetylation status in endometriosis and the application of the histone deac…
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2011
CONTEXT: During the development of endometriotic lesions, excess fibrosis may lead to scarring and to the alterations of tissue function that are the characteristic features of this disease. Enhanced extracellular matrix contractility of en…
other
2011
Chemokines, proteins that operate within the body's immune system, play numerous roles in menstruation, bacterial infection, implantation of embryos, and the maintenance of early pregnancy. They are also strongly related to the pathogenesis…
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2011
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2010
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2010
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2010
Endometriosis, a disease affecting 3-10% of women of reproductive age, is characterized by the ectopic growth of endometrial tissue. Histologically, this disease is characterized by endometrial gland and stroma with surrounding dense fibrou…
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2010
The diagnosis of ureteral obstruction caused by endometriosis can be difficult. We present a 51-year-old multiparous Japanese women who had undergone right salpingo-oophorectomy at the age of 19 years. She underwent total hysterectomy, left…
article
2009
CONTEXT: Decidualization of the endometrium involves the morphological and biochemical reprogramming of the estrogen-primed proliferative endometrial stromal compartment under the continuing influence of progesterone. OBJECTIVES: The aim of…
article
2009
review
2009
Endometriosis, a disease affecting 3-10% of women of reproductive age, is characterized by the ectopic growth of endometrial tissue. Increasingly, endometriosis is also becoming recognized as a condition in which ectopic endometrial cells e…