Mitsuko Furuya

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 2002-2014

Study types

  • article 2
  • other 2
  • case-report 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 6
case-report 2014
Colonic low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma and orthotopic endometrial stromal tumor with limited infiltration sharing the JAZF1-SUZ12 gene fusion
Pathology international ·doi:10.1111/pin.12151

Endometrial stromal tumors (ESTs) are composed of cells resembling endometrial stroma, and are divided into benign and malignant types based on morphology. Endometrial stromal nodule (ESN) is a benign localized tumor, and endometrial stroma…

article 2012
Impaired CXCL4 expression in tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) of ovarian cancers arising in endometriosis
Cancer biology & therapy ·doi:10.4161/cbt.20084

Inflammatory cells play important roles in progression of solid neoplasms including ovarian cancers. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) contribute to angiogenesis and immune suppression by modulating microenvironment. Ovarian cancer develo…

other 2012
Ovarian cancer stroma: pathophysiology and the roles in cancer development
Cancers ·doi:10.3390/cancers4030701

Ovarian cancer represents one of the cancers with the worst prognostic in adult women. More than half of the patients who present with clinical signs such as abdominal bloating and a feeling of fullness already show advanced stages. The maj…

other 2011
Differential expression patterns of CXCR3 variants and corresponding CXC chemokines in clear cell ovarian cancers and endometriosis
Gynecologic oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.05.034

OBJECTIVES: Carcinogenesis of the ovary is often associated with endometriosis. We previously demonstrated that antitumor chemokine receptor CXCR3 was upregulated both in endometriosis and ovarian cancers. Currently, little is known about t…

article 2007
Up-regulation of CXC chemokines and their receptors: implications for proinflammatory microenvironments of ovarian carcinomas and endometriosis
Human pathology ·doi:10.1016/j.humpath.2007.03.023
review 2002
Pseudoxanthomatous and Xanthogranulomatous Salpingitis of the Fallopian Tube: A Report of Four Cases and a Literature Review
International journal of gynecological pathology : official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists ·doi:10.1097/00004347-200201000-00010

The clinical and pathological features of four cases of pseudoxanthomatous salpingitis (PXS) and xanthogranulomatous salpingitis (XGS) are described. The women with PXS underwent salpingectomy for primary sterility (Case 1) and endometriosi…