Ken‐ichi Takayama

ORCID: 0000-0002-2832-1434 · 4 papers in corpus
article 2001
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine
review 2000
Journal of molecular endocrinology ·doi:10.1677/jme.0.0250035

Conversion of C(19) steroids to estrogens is catalyzed by aromatase in human ovary, placenta and extraglandular tissues such as adipose tissue, skin and the brain. Aromatase activity is not detectable in normal endometrium. In contrast, aro…

review 1999
Endocrine-related cancer ·doi:10.1677/erc.0.0060293

Estrogen is the most important known factor that stimulates the growth of endometriosis. Estrogen delivery to endometriotic implants was classically viewed to be only via the circulating blood in an endocrine fashion. We recently uncovered …

article 1998
·doi:10.1016/s1071-5576(97)86305-8