Kaori Koga

No ORCID on file · 162 papers in corpus · active 2000-2026

Study types

  • article 116
  • other 15
  • preprint 9
  • review 8
  • book-chapter 5

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 129
  • endometrioma 31
  • adenomyosis 26
  • infertility 9
  • dysmenorrhea 8
  • bladder_endometriosis 3
  • dyspareunia 2
  • thoracic_endometriosis 2
  • mesh:D004716 1
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
article 2022

Aim: Endometriosis is linked to asymptomatic atherosclerosis and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Vascular function tests are used to assess atherosclerosis, an important indicator of CVD development. In this study, we ai…

article 2022
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.15447

AIM: Endometriosis is linked to asymptomatic atherosclerosis and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Vascular function tests are used to assess atherosclerosis, an important indicator of CVD development. In this study, we ai…

other 2022
Biomedicines ·doi:10.3390/biomedicines10102627

The purpose of this study was to establish a new mouse model of endometriosis that mimics real-world women's health problems, in which women continue to be affected by endometriosis long before they wish to become pregnant, and to evaluate …

other 2022
Taiwanese journal of obstetrics & gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.tjog.2022.02.044

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the course of long-term conservative management of bladder endometriosis (BE). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 17 cases of BE conservatively managed without surgery in our facilit…

article 2022
Endocrine journal ·doi:10.1507/endocrj.ej22-0158

Dienogest (DNG) is widely used to treat dysmenorrhea associated with estrogen-dependent diseases such as endometriosis and adenomyosis. DNG becomes unnecessary after menopause when estrogen secretion declines drastically. However, there are…

article 2022
BMC women's health ·doi:10.1186/s12905-022-01711-3

Abstract Background In women with endometriosis, the association between ovarian function, hormones, and bone mineral density (BMD) is unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to elucidate the association between changes in bone mineral density…

article 2022
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-022-11891-5

Endometriosis, which exhibits enigmatic pathological features such as stromal fibrosis and proliferation of ectopic epithelial cells, is known as a refractory disease. Mesenchymal stem cells modulate the fibrosis in stromal tissues through …

article 2021
Reproductive medicine and biology ·doi:10.1002/rmb2.12391

PURPOSE: To assess the efficacy and safety of dydrogesterone in Japanese women with ovarian endometrioma in a real-world setting. METHODS: The post-marketing study involved 15 sites in Japan. Dydrogesterone 10 mg twice daily orally was admi…

article 2021
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2021.04.013
other 2021
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.14656

AIM: We aimed to describe the clinical presentation, operative or medical management, and postoperative recurrence of bladder endometriosis (BE). METHODS: We conducted a national survey to investigate BE cases from 2006 to 2016 in Japan. H…

book-chapter 2021
·doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-820661-4.00012-1
article 2021
SAGE open medicine ·doi:10.1177/20503121211005992

Objective: Long-term administration of dienogest, which is known to have effect on bone mineral density, is frequently done in patients with endometriosis and adenomyosis, but a few studies focused on the bone mineral density changes after …

preprint 2021
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-778798/v1

Abstract Background In women with endometriosis, the association between ovarian function, hormones, and bone mineral density (BMD) is unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to elucidate the correlation between changes in bone mineral density…

article 2021
·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2021.103391
article 2021
Biomedicines ·doi:10.3390/biomedicines9111519

Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), an inflammatory mediator, is abundantly contained in red blood cells and platelets. We hypothesized that the S1P concentration in the peritoneal cavity would increase especially during the menstrual phase due …

other 2021
Journal of reproductive immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2021.103371

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine the systemic and local proportions, focal localization, and characteristics of polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells (PMN-MDSCs) in endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: Peripheral blood and pe…

article 2021
·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2021.103388
preprint 2021
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-855777/v1

Abstract Endometriosis, which exhibits enigmatic pathological features such as stromal fibrosis and proliferation of ectopic epithelial cells, is known as a refractory disease. Mesenchymal stem cells modulate the fibrosis in stromal tissues…

article 2020
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.14519

We present a case of hemorrhagic shock occurred during dienogest therapy for uterine adenomyosis which necessitated an emergency hysterectomy. The patient was a 45-year-old woman with adenomyosis. Magnetic resonance imaging showed type I ad…

article 2020
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.14522

The aim of this publication is to disseminate the clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of intestinal, bladder/ureteral, thoracic and umbilical endometriosis, already published in Japanese, to non-Japanese speakers. For developing …

article 2020
Women's health (London, England) ·doi:10.1177/1745506520952003

Administration of Dienogest prior to hysteroscopic polypectomy is empirically performed, but the physiological effects of Dienogest on endometrial polyps are unclear. We aimed to investigate the effects of Dienogest on the proliferation and…

article 2020
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-019-00041-4

Human endometrium is a highly regenerative and dynamic tissue that undergoes cyclic changes during menstrual cycle. It has been reported that endometrial epithelium contains a population of progenitor/stem cells. Increasing amount of eviden…

review 2020
Reproductive medicine and biology ·doi:10.1002/rmb2.12340

BACKGROUND: Extra-pelvic endometriosis is a rare type of endometriosis, which occurs in a distant site from gynecological organs. The diagnosis of extra-pelvic endometriosis can be extremely challenging and may result in a delay in diagnosi…

other 2020
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-020-00189-4

When the presence of endometriotic lesions are not evident by hematoxylin and eosin staining, CD10 is used to highlight and confirm the presence of endometriotic stroma. However, CD10 is not specific only to the endometrial stroma but is al…

article 2020
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-020-00186-7

In cases of extragenital endometriosis or microscopic endometriosis lesions, pathological diagnosis can be challenging because endometriotic stroma and glands represent only a minor component of fibrotic endometriotic lesions. For better ac…