T Fukaya
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· 14 papers in corpus
article
2014
ObjectiveTo determine the immunological effect of dienogest (DNG), an oral anti-endometriosis drug, on peritoneal fluid (PF) macrophages collected from women with endometriosis. Although it has been suggested that DNG has direct effects on …
article
2001
article
2000
ObjectiveTo evaluate the expression of estrogen receptor (ER)-alpha and ER-beta messenger RNA (mRNA) in ovarian endometriosis.DesignProspective study.SettingUniversity hospital.Patient(s)Patients with endometriosis and patients with uterine…
review
1999
Defects in the cell-mediated immune system may play a role in the pathogenesis or progression of pelvic endometriosis. Possible mediators include macrophages, interleukins-1 and -6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. More recent work points t…
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1999
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1999
PROBLEM: The present study examined the presence and cellular distribution of transforming growth factor-beta1, 2, and 3 isoforms and their type I and II receptors in endometriotic cysts of the ovary, relative to their presence in normal en…
review
1998
The clonality of epithelial cells in ovarian endometriotic cysts was evaluated on the basis of a polymorphism of the X-linked phosphoglycerate kinase gene (PGK). The problems associated with clonality analysis of DNA samples extracted from …
other
1998
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1998
PROBLEM: Factors regulating fibrosis in peritoneal endometriosis are poorly understood. We hypothesized that mast cell proteases may play a role in the process of fibrosis in peritoneal endometriosis. As the first step in examining the poss…
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1997
ObjectiveWe evaluated the secretion of hepatocyte growth factor by eutopic endometrial stromal cells in vitro.DesignEutopic endometrial stromal cells were isolated and the culture supernatants were collected after 48 hours of incubation. Th…
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1996
The clinical and pathological features of an apparently unique case of an endometrial cyst of the uterus are reported. The cyst was located within the myometrium of a 16-year-old woman suffering from dysmenorrhea. After excision of the cyst…
article
1994
FUKAYA, T., SUGAWARA, J., YOSHIDA, H. and YAJIMA, A. The Role of Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor in the Peritoneal Fluid in Infertile Patients with Endometriosis. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 1994, 172 (3), 221-226-Macrophage colony stimulatin…
article
1993
ObjectiveTo establish a relationship between pelvic pain and the stage and severity of pelvic endometriosis determined according to the revised American Fertility Society classification.Study designRetrospective study of 618 cases diagnosed…
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1993
ObjectiveTo clarify the pathogenesis of endometriosis on the basis of analysis of primary lesion sites, age at onset, rate of progression, and response to drug treatment.Study designThe clinical records of 690 women with laparoscopically co…