T. Fukaya
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· 14 papers in corpus
other
2014
OBJECTIVE: To determine the immunological effect of dienogest (DNG), an oral anti-endometriosis drug, on peritoneal fluid (PF) macrophages collected from women with endometriosis. Although it has been suggested that DNG has direct effects o…
review
2001
other
2000
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the expression of estrogen receptor (ER)-alpha and ER-beta messenger RNA (mRNA) in ovarian endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Patients with endometriosis and patient…
review
1999
Defects in the cell-mediated immune system may play a role in the pathogenesis or progression of pelvic endometriosis. Possible mediators include macrophages, interleukins-1 and -6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. More recent work points t…
1999
other
1999
PROBLEM: The present study examined the presence and cellular distribution of transforming growth factor-beta1, 2, and 3 isoforms and their type I and II receptors in endometriotic cysts of the ovary, relative to their presence in normal en…
review
1998
The clonality of epithelial cells in ovarian endometriotic cysts was evaluated on the basis of a polymorphism of the X-linked phosphoglycerate kinase gene (PGK). The problems associated with clonality analysis of DNA samples extracted from …
other
1998
other
1998
PROBLEM: Factors regulating fibrosis in peritoneal endometriosis are poorly understood. We hypothesized that mast cell proteases may play a role in the process of fibrosis in peritoneal endometriosis. As the first step in examining the poss…
lab-animal
1997
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the secretion of hepatocyte growth factor by eutopic endometrial stromal cells in vitro. DESIGN: Eutopic endometrial stromal cells were isolated and the culture supernatants were collected after 48 hours of incubati…
case-report
1996
The clinical and pathological features of an apparently unique case of an endometrial cyst of the uterus are reported. The cyst was located within the myometrium of a 16-year-old woman suffering from dysmenorrhea. After excision of the cyst…
observational
1994
Macrophage colony stimulating factor (M-CSF) concentrations in the peritoneal fluid of 44 infertile patients were measured. The concentration of M-CSF was significantly higher in the patients with endometriosis than in those without endomet…
observational
1993
OBJECTIVE: To establish a relationship between pelvic pain and the stage and severity of pelvic endometriosis determined according to the revised American Fertility Society classification. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study of 618 cases dia…
observational
1993
OBJECTIVE: To clarify the pathogenesis of endometriosis on the basis of analysis of primary lesion sites, age at onset, rate of progression, and response to drug treatment. STUDY DESIGN: The clinical records of 690 women with laparoscopica…