Akira Iwase
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· 35 papers in corpus
· active 2007-2026
Study types
- article 20
- other 11
- review 2
- case-report 1
- rct 1
Condition tags
- endometriosis 32
- infertility 8
- endometrioma 6
- chronic_pelvic_pain 1
- dysmenorrhea 1
- die_deep_infiltrating 1
- bladder_endometriosis 1
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other
2026
PURPOSE: Decidualization of endometrial stromal cells involves significant morphological and functional changes in which alpha-smooth muscle actin (αSMA) expression decreases. Meflin, a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein, suppres…
other
2026
AIM: Endometriosis affects 6%-10% of women of reproductive age and is associated with chronic pelvic pain, infertility, and impaired quality of life. The endometriosis fertility index (EFI) predicts spontaneous pregnancy postoperatively, bu…
other
2025
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent chronic inflammatory disease, however the mechanisms underlying inflammation remain unclear. Non-hormonal drugs that can prevent endometriosis progression and resolve endometriotic infertil…
other
2025
PURPOSE: This study evaluated the feasibility of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping using dried blood spot (DBS) samples stored under various conditions, based on the genotyping success rate and concordance with whole blood res…
other
2024
BACKGROUND: We aimed to examine the effects of endometriosis on the rate of abnormal placentation by comparing the data of pregnant women with and without endometriosis. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted to compare the perinatal …
other
2024
AIM: To identify factors influencing the Trendelenburg angle required during laparoscopic gynecological surgery. METHODS: Patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery at a single university hospital between May 1, 2019, and March 31, 2021 w…
other
2023
Retrograde menstruation is a widely accepted cause of endometriosis. However, not all women who experience retrograde menstruation develop endometriosis, and the mechanisms underlying these observations are not yet understood. Here, we demo…
article
2023
Retrograde menstruation is a widely accepted cause of endometriosis. However, not all women who experience retrograde menstruation develop endometriosis, and the mechanisms underlying these observations are not yet understood. Here, we demo…
article
2023
Abstract Purpose This study aimed to investigate whether serum leucine‐rich α2‐glycoprotein (LRG) is a useful diagnostic biomarker for endometriosis, including the evaluation of treatment efficacy and exploration of LRG production in endome…
article
2023
article
2022
Endometriosis is one of the most common diseases in women of reproductive age, and although there are many theories to explain this enigmatic disease, such as reflux theory, metastasis theory, and metaplasia theory, there is still no single…
article
2021
帝王切開手術瘢痕に生じた腹壁子宮内膜症の1例を経験した．患者は40代女性，半年前より月経時の周期的な痛みを伴う腹壁腫瘤を自覚し当院を受診した．2年前に帝王切開の既往があり，同手術瘢痕頭側に長径2 cmの皮下腫瘍を触知した．エコーでは腹直筋上に内部やや不均一な低エコー腫瘤を認め，MRIではT1強調画像で低信号，T2強調画像でやや高信号の結節を認めた．帝王切開手術瘢痕に生じた腹壁子宮内膜症を疑い摘出術を行った．病理組織学的検査では子宮内膜腺細胞および間質細胞を認め，腹壁子宮内膜症…
rct
2021
BACKGROUND: Ovarian endometrioma is a common gynecological disease that is often treated with surgery or hormonal treatment. Ovarian cystectomy, a surgical procedure for ovarian endometrioma, can result in impaired ovarian reserve. METHODS…
review
2021
Endometriosis-associated ovarian malignancies have been well documented. Although these malignancies also occur as extraovarian lesions, little is known about them. Thus, this literature review aimed to further explore these rarely experien…
article
2020
other
2020
Repeated tissue injury and repair and fibrosis play a pivotal role in endometriosis. Fibrotic tissue consists of extracellular matrix proteins, regulated by transcriptional factors promoting cell proliferation and survival. Periostin is one…
other
2020
Ovarian endometriosis (OE) provides women of reproductive age with not only severe menstrual pain but also infertility and an increased risk for ovarian carcinogenesis. Whereas peritoneal endometriosis models have been developed with syngen…
other
2019
Several features exist that distinguish endometriotic cells from eutopic endometrial cells. Progesterone resistance is one of the main distinguishing features, although how progesterone resistance affects the phenotype of endometriotic cell…
article
2018
article
2018
Two cases of bladder endometriosis treated using cystoscopy-assisted laparoscopic partial cystectomy
Bladder endometriosis is a rare pelvic dysfunction with painful urination and hematuria.
article
2016
BACKGROUND: Serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentration has been used to assess ovarian reserve in patients with endometriosis, especially when endometrioma surgery is involved. Previously, we reported that decreased serum AMH levels a…
article
2016
Endometriosis is observed in ∼10% of reproductive age women. Ovarian endometriosis not only causes dysmenorrhea but also causes infertility and a high risk of adenocarcinoma. Due to its scattered nature, complete surgical resection is diffi…
other
2016
Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is an inflammatory mediator that is released by a wide range of tissues and cells. Elevated PTX3 levels may represent a useful diagnostic and/or prognostic marker for a number of diseases. The purpose of this study was to…
article
2015
We assessed the associations between preoperative and postoperative serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels and parameters of endometriosis and endometriomas surgery with the success of infertility treatments after cystectomy. Seventeen o…
article
2015
Ovarian endometriosis is a recognized risk for infertility and epithelial ovarian cancer, presumably due to iron overload resulting from repeated hemorrhage. To find a clue for early detection and prevention of ovarian endometriosis-associa…