Kajitani T

ORCID: 0000-0001-8160-5308 · 5 papers in corpus · active 2007-2013

Study types

  • article 3
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • dyspareunia 1
article 2013
Endocrine journal ·doi:10.1507/endocrj.ej13-0027

Nerve growth factor (NGF) has been recently proposed as one of the key factors responsible not only for promotion of nerve fiber growth but also for the onset and maintenance of pain in a variety of diseases. The aim of this study was to in…

article 2011
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E ·doi:10.1186/1477-7827-9-104

Studies on the mechanisms of decidualization and endometriosis are often hampered by lack of primary endometrial cells. To facilitate in vitro studies, we established a human endometrial stromal cell line, KC02-44D, immortalized with human …

review 2010
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) ·doi:10.1530/rep-09-0438

The human uterus mainly consists of the endometrium and the outer smooth muscle layer termed the myometrium. The uterus harbours the exceptional and remarkable regenerative ability responsible for cyclical regeneration and remodelling throu…

article 2010
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010387

BACKGROUND: The human endometrium undergoes cyclical regeneration throughout a woman's reproductive life. Ectopic implantation of endometrial cells through retrograde menstruation gives rise to endometriotic lesions which affect approximate…

2007
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·doi:10.1073/pnas.0704472104

Over the course of pregnancy, the human uterus undergoes a 500- to 1,000-fold increase in volume and a 24-fold increase in weight. The uterine smooth muscle layer or myometrium is remodeled, and both cell hypertrophy and hyperplasia are evi…