Kato A

No ORCID on file · 10 papers in corpus · active 2016-2026

Study types

  • article 3
  • case-report 1
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 5
2026
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-026-42159-x

Postoperative adhesions (PA) remain an untreatable complication of abdominal surgery. In this study, we analyzed the role of interleukin-8 (IL-8) in the formation of PA using human cells in vitro and cynomolgus monkeys in vivo, as rodents l…

2025
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-025-88022-3

Postoperative adhesions frequently occur following abdominal surgical interventions, leading to serious morbidities and requiring new therapeutic strategies. The development of new therapeutic agents to reduce postoperative adhesions needs …

2024
Nagoya journal of medical science ·doi:10.18999/nagjms.86.4.703

A 54-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of abnormal colonoscopic findings, including a submucosal protuberance at the appendiceal root. A biopsy showed no malignant findings. Computed tomography revealed a 20-mm cystic lesi…

case-report 2024
Molecular and clinical oncology ·doi:10.3892/mco.2024.2744

Clear cell carcinoma (CCC) of the diaphragm is rare, with an origin that is reported to be associated with malignant transformation of extraperitoneal endometriosis. Lynch syndrome (LS) is an autosomal dominant hereditary cancer syndrome ca…

article 2023
Science translational medicine ·doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.abq5858

Current pharmacological treatments for endometriosis are limited to hormonal agents that can relieve pain but cannot cure the disease. Therefore, the development of a disease-modifying drug for endometriosis is an unmet medical need. By stu…

2021
Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy ·doi:10.4103/gmit.gmit_70_19

ObjectivesUreteral injuries may occur subsequent to abdominal or laparoscopic hysterectomy. In total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH), we usually check for ureteral damage by confirming urinary outflow from the bilateral ureteral orifices by…

article 2019
Gynecology and minimally invasive therapy ·doi:10.4103/gmit.gmit_85_18

We describe an extremely rare case of a borderline tumor arising from an extragonadal giant endometrial cyst. A 41-year-old woman complaining of abdominal pain was referred to our hospital with a diagnosis of large ovarian tumor. Magnetic r…

2019
Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1155/2019/6180534

Ureterocolic fistula is a rare phenomenon and cases secondary to diverticulitis are even rarer. We present a case of ureterocolic fistula secondary to diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon following laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy due to e…

article 2018
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dey095

STUDY QUESTION: Does spontaneous endometriosis in cynomolgus monkeys have the characteristics required of a good experimental model? SUMMARY ANSWER: Spontaneous endometriosis in cynomolgus monkeys exhibited similar clinicopathological chara…

other 2016
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dew209

STUDY QUESTION: What are the characteristics of spontaneous endometriosis in cynomolgus monkeys? SUMMARY ANSWER: Spontaneous endometriosis in cynomolgus monkeys exhibited similar characteristics to the human disease. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY…