Shoji Y

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 2005-2023

Study types

  • article 3
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • infertility 1
  • dyspareunia 1
2023
Case reports in otolaryngology ·doi:10.1155/2023/8847838

Laryngeal cryptococcosis is a rare condition. While there is no reliable evidence regarding the treatment of laryngeal cryptococcosis, oral fluconazole was successful in most previous cases. We experienced a case where we could not continue…

article 2009
The Journal of Pathology ·doi:10.1002/path.2588

Endometriosis, defined as the growth of endometrial tissues outside of the uterine cavity, is a severe and complex disease affecting more than 10% of women. The aetiology of endometriosis is unclear but immune dysfunction might be an import…

article 2009
The American journal of pathology ·doi:10.2353/ajpath.2010.090551

Dysfunction in macrophage-mediated phagocytosis of aberrant cells that undergo retrograde transport to the peritoneal cavity is considered an important factor in the development of endometriosis. However, the mechanisms responsible for the …

review 2007
Expert reviews in molecular medicine ·doi:10.1017/s146239940700021x

Endometriosis is considered to be a polygenic disease with a complex, multifactorial aetiology that affects about 10% of women in the reproductive age. Women with endometriosis have symptoms that include chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhoea a…

article 2005
The American journal of pathology ·doi:10.1016/s0002-9440(10)61195-9

Decreased phagocytotic ability of macrophages has been reported to be associated with the severity of endometriosis, although the underlying mechanism remains uncharacterized. Expression and secretion of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 by …