It has been widely accepted that the age of women plays a fundamental role in fecundity, and age-related fertility decline has one of the most significant and detrimental effects on the success rate of infertility treatment. Therefore, trea…
PROBLEM: Resistance to apoptosis, together with inflammatory and invasive activity, contributes to the pathogenesis of endometriosis; therefore, approaches that can safely enhance apoptosis in endometriotic tissue are highly sought after as…
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…
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…
Ovarian clear cell carcinoma (CCC) is generally associated with chemoresistance and poor clinical outcome, even with early diagnosis; whereas high-grade serous carcinomas (SCs) and endometrioid carcinomas (ECs) are commonly chemosensitive a…
DS-7423, a novel, small-molecule dual inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), is currently in phase I clinical trials for solid tumors. Although DS-7423 potently inhibits PI3Kα (IC50 = 15.…
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 …
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…
OBJECTIVE: To identify the frequency and assess risk factors for unexpected discovery of peritoneal endometriotic implants in patients who underwent myomectomy or hysterectomy for symptomatic uterine leiomyomas. STUDY DESIGN: We retrospect…