Sachio Matsushima

ORCID: 0000-0001-8260-2336 · 3 papers in corpus
article 2014
Dienogest improves human leucocyte antigen-DR underexpression and reduces tumour necrosis factor-α production in peritoneal fluid cells from women with endometriosis
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.03.019

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 2013
Management of Young Women with Endometriosis after Conservative Laparoscopic Surgery
·doi:10.5180/jsgoe.29.318

Objective: To evaluate the management of young women with endometriosis after conservative laparoscopic surgery.Design: Retrospective study.Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kochi Medical School.Patients: Sixty-four women ag…

review 2012
Role of NK cells and HLA-G in endometriosis
Frontiers in bioscience (Scholar edition) ·doi:10.2741/s353

Impaired natural killer (NK) activity in women with endometriosis is thought to promote implantation and progression of endometrial tissue, in accord with Sampson's hypothesis. However, the mechanisms responsible for decreased NK cell activ…