Kunihiro Okamura

No ORCID on file · 18 papers in corpus · active 2000-2013

Study types

  • article 13
  • other 4
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • mesh:D004715 15
  • endometriosis 14
  • mesh:D004412 2
  • infertility 2
  • adenomyosis 2
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • mesh:D017699 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • mesh:D004414 1
  • dyspareunia 1
article 2013
, Michel Canis 2

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have indicated new physiological roles for erythropoietin (Epo) unrelated to erythropoiesis. We previously demonstrated that the Epo concentrations in peritoneal ¯uid from patients with stage I endometriosis were …

other 2008
Selective accumulation of PpIX and photodynamic effect after aminolevulinic acid treatment of human adenomyosis xenografts in nude mice
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.09.001

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of photodynamic therapy with aminolevulinic acid (ALA) on human adenomyosis xenografts in a mouse model. DESIGN: Human adenomyosis tissues were implanted SC into nude mice. We measured 5-aminolevulinic aci…

article 2007
Clinical pitfalls of pain recurrence in endometriosis arising in the posterior vaginal fornix
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00503.x

Endometriotic nodules in the lower genital tract often cause dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia. We report here a case of posterior vaginal fornix endometriosis that was overlooked for several years. We performed a trans-vaginal resection after t…

article 2006
A selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor suppresses the growth of endometriosis xenografts via antiangiogenic activity in severe combined immunodeficiency mice
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.01.057
article 2006
Effects of photodynamic therapy using 5-aminolevulinic acid on cultured human adenomyosis-derived cells
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.066
review 2006
Management of the Pain Associated with Endometriosis: An Update of the Painful Problems
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine ·doi:10.1620/tjem.210.175

Endometriosis is a condition characterized by ectopic endometrial tissues located outside of the uterus, most commonly found on the pelvic peritoneum or ovary. Endometriosis, which occurs in 7-10% of women in the general population and 71-8…

article 2004
Cyclooxygenase-2 expression in deep endometriosis and matched eutopic endometrium
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.03.059
other 2004
Cyclooxygenase-2 selective inhibitor prevents implantation of eutopic endometrium to ectopic sites in rats
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.07.946

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate Cox-2 inhibition on surgically induced endometriosis in rats. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized study SETTING: Academic facility. ANIMAL(S): Seventy adult female Sprague-Dawley rats. INTERVENTION(S): Uterine fragmen…

other 2003
Analysis of the clonality of ectopic glands in peritoneal endometriosis using laser microdissection
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(03)01181-6

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clonality of ectopic gland cells in peritoneal endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective study. University hospital. PATIENT(S): Seventeen women with surgically diagnosed endometriosis. INTERVENTION(S): Samples of …

article 2003
Bee propolis versus placebo in the treatment of infertility associated with minimal or mild endometriosis: A pilot randomized controlled
article 2003
Expression of erythropoietin and erythropoietin receptor in peritoneal endometriosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deg007

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have indicated new physiological roles for erythropoietin (Epo) unrelated to erythropoiesis. We previously demonstrated that the Epo concentrations in peritoneal fluid from patients with stage I endometriosis were…

other 2003
Increased production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha by peritoneal fluid mononuclear cells induced by 60-kDa heat shock protein in women with minimal to mild endometriosis
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1034/j.1600-0897.2003.00104.x

PROBLEM: We sought to examine the role of Hsp60, a 60-kDa stress-responsive protein (hsp60) with potent immunostimulatory properties, in the pathophysiology of endometriosis. We investigated the response of peritoneal fluid mononuclear cell…

article 2002
Prediction of Pregnancy in Infertile Women with Endometriosis
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000049421

To estimate the probability of pregnancy in infertile women with endometriosis, two series of multivariate analyses were performed in Tohoku University Hospital. In the first series, from 1993 to 1997, 103 patients participated. The Cox pro…

article 2001
Expression of estrogen receptor alpha and beta in peritoneal and ovarian endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)01783-6
article 2001
Expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27Kip1 in eutopic endometrium and peritoneal endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)01752-6
article 2001
Finger-Assisted Laparoscopy to Remove a Noncommunicating Uterine Horn
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)60628-7
article 2001
Immunohistochemical analysis of the role of angiogenic status in the vasculature of peritoneal endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)02003-9
article 2000
Quantitative analysis of estrogen receptor alpha and beta messenger ribonucleic acid levels in normal endometrium and ovarian endometriotic cysts using a real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(00)00712-3