Ichioka M

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus · active 2014-2017

Study types

  • article 1
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
other 2017
Dienogest inhibits C-C motif chemokine ligand 20 expression in human endometriotic epithelial cells
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2017.04.048

OBJECTIVE: C-C motif chemokine ligand 20 is thought to contribute to the development of endometriosis by recruiting Th17 lymphocytes into endometriotic foci. The present study investigated the effects of dienogest, a progesterone receptor a…

article 2014
Dienogest, a synthetic progestin, down-regulates expression of CYP19A1 and inflammatory and neuroangiogenesis factors through progesterone receptor isoforms A and B in endometriotic cells
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology ·doi:10.1016/j.jsbmb.2014.12.008

Dienogest (DNG) is a selective progesterone receptor (PR) agonist and oral administration of DNG is used for the treatment of endometriosis. DNG is considered to act on PR to down-regulate pathophysiological factors associated with endometr…