Ako Kodama

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 2008-2010

Study types

  • article 3
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • mesh:D004715 3
  • endometrioma 1
other 2010
Hyaluronic acid reagent suppressed endometriotic lesion formation in a mouse model
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.02.053

In an animal endometriosis model, the administration of hyaluronic acid (HA) reagent significantly suppressed the formation of endometriotic lesions in both number and weight. This effect was found when HA treatment was conducted at the tim…

article 2010
Recruitment of CCR6-Expressing Th17 Cells by CCL 20 Secreted from IL-1β-, TNF-α-, and IL-17A-Stimulated Endometriotic Stromal Cells
Endocrinology ·doi:10.1210/en.2010-0398

In a novel paradigm of T cell differentiation, type 17 T helper (Th17) cells may play a significant role in endometriosis, a chronic inflammatory disease. However, the mechanism regulating the accumulation of Th17 cells in endometriotic tis…

article 2009
TGF-Beta Increases Proteinase-Activated Receptor 2 (PAR2) Expression and Upregulates PAR2 Activation-Induced Secretion of IL-6 and IL-8 in Endometriotic Stromal Cells.
·doi:10.1093/biolreprod/81.s1.151

Proteinase-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) is a G protein-coupled receptor that is activated by serine proteases such as trypsin, tryptase, and coagulation factors VIIa and Xa. A large body of evidence has shown that PAR2 plays an important rol…

article 2008
Tunicamycin enhances the apoptosis induced by tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand in endometriotic stromal cells
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/den385

BACKGROUND: The increase in concentration of osteoprotegerin, an antagonist of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), in the peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis may interfere with TRAIL-induced apoptosis i…