Kawakita T

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 2019-2024

Study types

  • article 4
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 5
  • infertility 1
article 2024
Endocrine journal ·doi:10.1507/endocrj.ej23-0486

Activin A promotes the development of endometriotic lesions in a murine model of endometriosis, and the immunohistochemical localization of phosphorylated suppressor of mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2/3 (pSMAD2/3) complex in endom…

2024
Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy ·doi:10.4103/gmit.gmit_19_23

ObjectivesPelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a significant health-care problem for older women. We have treated POP surgically using laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (LSC) or robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy (RSC). The original LSC and RSC procedures…

article 2021
Biomedicines ·doi:10.3390/biomedicines9111519

Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), an inflammatory mediator, is abundantly contained in red blood cells and platelets. We hypothesized that the S1P concentration in the peritoneal cavity would increase especially during the menstrual phase due …

other 2020
Cytokine ·doi:10.1016/j.cyto.2020.155222

Endometriosis is a condition in which tissue similar to the womb lining begins to grow in other sites, such as the ovaries or fallopian tubes. Endometriosis can cause pelvic pain, adhesion formation, and infertility. Here, we investigated t…

article 2019
The journal of medical investigation : JMI ·doi:10.2152/jmi.66.123

PURPOSE : This study aimed to investigate the effect of intraperitoneal administration of activin on the occurrence of endometriosis using a mouse model of endometriosis. METHODS : A mouse model of endometriosis was prepared by intraperiton…

article 2019
The journal of medical investigation : JMI ·doi:10.2152/jmi.66.70

PURPOSE: The aims of this study were to clarify the effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on the early development of endometriosis and on the production of cytokines and chemokines in the murine peritoneal cavity. METHODS: Endometriotic lesi…