Maki Kusunoki

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus · active 2021-2023

Study types

  • article 1
  • case-report 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
case-report 2023
Mismatch repair protein deficiency in endometriosis: Precursor of endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer in women with lynch syndrome
Taiwanese journal of obstetrics & gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.tjog.2022.09.015

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to elucidate the pathogenesis of ovarian cancer through the loss of mismatch repair (MMR) proteins in women with Lynch syndrome (LS) in this report. CASE REPORT: Two women with LS underwent surgery for synchronous endom…

article 2021
Hemoglobin-induced continuous activation of macrophages in endometriotic cysts: a potential mechanism of endometriosis development and carcinogenesis
Medical molecular morphology ·doi:10.1007/s00795-020-00272-4

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease. Endometriotic cysts contain hemoglobin (Hb) and infiltrated macrophages, indicating that the metabolism of Hb by macrophages may play an important role in the inflammation of endometriotic cy…