Takashi Murakami

No ORCID on file · 67 papers in corpus · active 1997-2026

Study types

  • article 45
  • other 9
  • review 7
  • case-report 3
  • book-chapter 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 47
  • infertility 16
  • adenomyosis 14
  • dysmenorrhea 6
  • endometrioma 4
  • disambig:endometritis 4
  • dyspareunia 2
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 2
  • mesh:D004716 2
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
article 2006
A selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor suppresses the growth of endometriosis xenografts via antiangiogenic activity in severe combined immunodeficiency mice
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.01.057
article 2006
Effects of photodynamic therapy using 5-aminolevulinic acid on cultured human adenomyosis-derived cells
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.066
review 2006
Management of the Pain Associated with Endometriosis: An Update of the Painful Problems
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine ·doi:10.1620/tjem.210.175

Endometriosis is a condition characterized by ectopic endometrial tissues located outside of the uterus, most commonly found on the pelvic peritoneum or ovary. Endometriosis, which occurs in 7-10% of women in the general population and 71-8…

other 2003
Analysis of the clonality of ectopic glands in peritoneal endometriosis using laser microdissection
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(03)01181-6

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clonality of ectopic gland cells in peritoneal endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective study. University hospital. PATIENT(S): Seventeen women with surgically diagnosed endometriosis. INTERVENTION(S): Samples of …

article 2003
Familial risk among Japanese patients with endometriosis
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1016/s0020-7292(03)00340-0

OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to examine the prevalence of endometriosis among female siblings of patients with endometriosis in Japan. METHODS: A total of 339 patients with endometriosis were questioned about endometriosis in their s…

other 2003
Increased production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha by peritoneal fluid mononuclear cells induced by 60-kDa heat shock protein in women with minimal to mild endometriosis
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1034/j.1600-0897.2003.00104.x

PROBLEM: We sought to examine the role of Hsp60, a 60-kDa stress-responsive protein (hsp60) with potent immunostimulatory properties, in the pathophysiology of endometriosis. We investigated the response of peritoneal fluid mononuclear cell…

article 2002
Immunohistochemical analysis of the angiogenic status in vasculature of endometriosis
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)03061-8
article 2002
Prediction of Pregnancy in Infertile Women with Endometriosis
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000049421

To estimate the probability of pregnancy in infertile women with endometriosis, two series of multivariate analyses were performed in Tohoku University Hospital. In the first series, from 1993 to 1997, 103 patients participated. The Cox pro…

article 2001
Expression of estrogen receptor alpha and beta in peritoneal and ovarian endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)01783-6
article 2001
Expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27Kip1 in eutopic endometrium and peritoneal endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)01752-6
article 2001
Finger-Assisted Laparoscopy to Remove a Noncommunicating Uterine Horn
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)60628-7
article 2001
Immunohistochemical analysis of the role of angiogenic status in the vasculature of peritoneal endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)02003-9
article 2000
Characterization of messenger RNA expression of estrogen receptor-α and -β in patients with ovarian endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(00)00527-6
review 2000
Endomyometriosis arising in the uterosacral ligament: A case report including a literature review and immunohistochemical analysis
·doi:10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.01061.x

We report a case of endomyometriosis arising in the left uterosacral ligament of a 29-year-old woman. The central cavity of the uterine-like mass was lined by pseudo-stratified columnar epithelium and endometrial stroma. The wall of the cys…

article 2000
Quantitative analysis of estrogen receptor alpha and beta messenger ribonucleic acid levels in normal endometrium and ovarian endometriotic cysts using a real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(00)00712-3
review 1999
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 and Hepatocyte Growth Factor in Human Endometriosis: Original Investigation and a Review of Literature
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000052854

Defects in the cell-mediated immune system may play a role in the pathogenesis or progression of pelvic endometriosis. Possible mediators include macrophages, interleukins-1 and -6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. More recent work points t…

article 1997
Increased secretion of hepatocyte growth factor by eutopic endometrial stromal cells in women with endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00226-4