Kaori Koga
ORCID: 0000-0002-5057-4120
· 168 papers in corpus
case-report
2015
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the frequency of pneumothorax after laparoscopic surgery and to identify possible correlations to endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective review. SETTING: Tokyo University Hospital between 2006 and 2013. PATIEN…
observational
2015
OBJECTIVE: To identify the characteristics of cases and fibroids that will indicate which patients should undergo myomectomy to improve fertility. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We recruited patients (n=101) who had undergone myomectomy to improve…
2015
observational
2015
PURPOSE: To evaluate whether laparoscopic excision of endometrioma exerts a qualitative effect on ovarian function. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of oocytes retrieved in 25 cycles of 21 patients undergoing IVF treatment with controlled…
review
2015
Although surgical excision of endometriosis both improves pain and enhances fertility, recurrence can further exacerbate pain and reduce fertility, which in turn impacts the quality of life and increases personal as well as social costs. Th…
other
2015
PROBLEM: The proportion of CD4+ T lymphocytes, Th1, Th2, Th17, and regulatory T cells in endometriosis lesions and peripheral blood are not known. METHOD OF STUDY: Lymphocytes were isolated from endometriosis lesions (n = 10) and endometri…
2015
Objective: To evaluate the relative difficulty of laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) for adenomyosis by categorizing them into four subtypes.Methods: We retrospectively collected 56 cases of adenomyosis treated by laparoscopy at our hospital fr…
other
2014
Dienogest is a novel progestin that is highly selective for progesterone receptors and inhibits endometriosis. However, it remains unknown how the administration of dienogest to patients with endometriosis impacts on their lesion tissues. T…
other
2014
Adenomyosis is a common disorder in premenopausal women that causes dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain and menorrhagia. Considering that adenomyosis is an estrogen-dependent disease, the medical treatment is based on this hormone. Effective and well…
observational
2014
AIM: The aim of this study was to identify factors that can predict clinical course among patients hospitalized with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). METHODS: Ninety-three patients who needed hospitalization with a diagnosis of PID were …
lab-animal
2014
PROBLEM: Immune tolerance to endometriotic cells is important to promote endometriosis. Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TDO) enhances immune tolerance by catabolizing tryptophan to kynurenine. We studied whether interleukin-1β (IL-1β), a typica…
2014
2014
lab-animal
2014
AIM: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease. Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) plays a role in regulation of inflammation. The role of SIRT1 in endometriosis remains unknown. We here addressed the anti-inflammatory effects of SIRT1 on endometriosi…
case-report
2013
AIM: The aim of this study was to review diagnostic/therapeutic strategies of umbilical endometriosis managed in our department and evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies. METHODS: Medical records for patients with diagnosis of end…
2013
lab-animal
2013
CONTEXT: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease in which immune response and production of estrogen in endometriotic tissues are involved in the development of the disease. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) stimulates aromatase (P450arom) ex…
2013
2012
lab-animal
2012
The aim of this study is to examine the regulation of follistatin, an activin-binding protein, in endometriosis. Endometrioma stromal cells (EoSCs) were obtained from 9 patients undergoing laparoscopy of the ovarian endometrioma. In culture…
lab-animal
2012
OBJECTIVE: To investigate a new role of interleukin (IL)-17A in endometriosis. DESIGN: Laboratory study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Patients with ovarian endometrioma undergoing laparoscopy or laparotomy. INTERVENTION(S):…
lab-animal
2012
STUDY QUESTION: Is thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) involved in the pathophysiology of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: TSLP is up-regulated by interleukin (IL)-1β and may be involved in the development of endometriosis. WHAT IS KNOWN AL…
2012
other
2012
Proteinase-activated receptors (PARs) are G protein-coupled receptors activated by various proteinases. PARs play important roles in haemostasis, thrombosis, and inflammation. PAR₁ and PAR₂ are expressed in endometrial cells from the eutopi…
review
2012
Proteinase-activated receptors (PARs) are G protein-coupled receptors activated by various proteinases. PARs play important roles in haemostasis, thrombosis, and inflammation. PAR1 and PAR2 are expressed in endometrial cells from the eutopi…