Mika Ito

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus · active 2007-2011

Study types

  • article 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
review 2011
Clinical implication of recent advances in our understanding of IL-17 and reproductive immunology
Expert review of clinical immunology ·doi:10.1586/eci.11.49

The identification of a novel helper T (Th)-cell subset, the IL-17-producing Th (Th17) cells, has provided new insight into our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of reproduction. IL-17 has an important role in induction of the prote…

article 2007
Interleukin (IL)-17A Stimulates IL-8 Secretion, Cyclooxygensase-2 Expression, and Cell Proliferation of Endometriotic Stromal Cells
Endocrinology ·doi:10.1210/en.2007-0749

IL-17A is secreted from Th17 cells, a discovery leading to revision of the mechanism underlying the role of Th1/Th2 in the immune response. Strong evidence suggests that immune responses associated with inflammation are involved in the path…