Akihiro Nawa

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 2009-2022

Study types

  • article 3
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
  • endometrioma 1
  • adenomyosis 1
article 2022
Peritoneal restoration by repurposing vitamin D inhibits ovarian cancer dissemination via blockade of the TGF-β1/thrombospondin-1 axis
·doi:10.1016/j.matbio.2022.03.003

Ovarian cancer (OvCa), a lethal gynecological malignancy, disseminates to the peritoneum. Mesothelial cells (MCs) act as barriers in the abdominal cavity, preventing the adhesion of cancer cells. However, in patients with OvCa, they are tra…

article 2014
A Case Report: Cystic Clear Cell Tumor of Borderline Malignancy of the Ovary
·doi:10.4236/ojog.2014.47058

Introduction: Ovarian borderline clear cell tumor is a very rare tumor accounting for less than 1% of borderline ovarian tumors. Currently, only 30 cases of borderline clear cell tumors have been reported. This borderline ovarian clear cell…

article 2014
Borderline Malignancy of the Ovary

Introduction: Ovarian borderline clear cell tumor is a very rare tumor accounting for less than 1% of borderline ovarian tumors. Currently, only 30 cases of borderline clear cell tumors have been reported. This borderline ovarian clear cell…

review 2009
Apoptosis in Human Endometrial and Endometriotic Tissues
Hormone research ·doi:10.1159/000191299

Apoptosis has recently been proposed to represent programmed cell death. Several investigations have revealed that uterine endometrium in mammals can be regulated by apoptosis. However, apoptosis may be less likely to occur in human eutopic…