Yamada H

PURPOSE: The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based classification of adenomyosis subtypes helps predict reproductive and obstetric outcomes; however, background factors associated with use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) and live…

ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess whether anti-β2-glycoprotein I (β2GPI)/human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR autoantibodies are associated with pregnancy outcomes in women with infertility receiving assisted reproductive technology (ART) in …

PurposeFollowing the COVID-19 pandemic, group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection has been surging worldwide. We aimed to compare the disease burden between notified cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) and unreported GAS infectio…

IntroductionAnti-β2-glycoprotein I (β2GPI)/human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR antibodies may be a risk factor for recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). The therapeutic modality for women with RPL and anti-β2GPI/HLA-DR antibody positivity has not be…

Objectives: This prospective study evaluated whether endometriosis is associated with chronic endometritis (CE) and affects the uterine endometrium microbiome (UEM) in women with repeated implantation failure (RIF). Methods: Forty-three wom…

To evaluate whether anti-β2-Glycoprotein I/HLA-DR (anti-β2GPI/HLA-DR) antibody is associated with pathophysiology of infertility, 224 women with infertility were enrolled from July 2020 to December 2021 in this prospective study. The serum …

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to observe the influence of laparoscopic adenomyomectomy on perinatal outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The retrospective cohort study included 43 pregnant cases with adenomyosis who did not under…

Abstract Purpose It is unknown whether surgery for endometriosis or recurrence of endometriosis affects obstetric outcomes. Methods A total of 208 pregnant women with a history of endometriosis were analyzed. Patients who had endometriomas …

Pregnancy- and lactation-associated osteoporosis (PLO) is a rare type of premenopausal osteoporosis that occurs mainly in the third trimester or immediately after delivery; one of its most common symptoms is back pain caused by a vertebral …

ObjectiveOvarian cancer (OC) is an intractable gynecological tumor, and frequent recurrence is experienced within a few years even after the complete eradication of tumor tissues by radical resection and neo-adjuvant chemotherapies. The con…

BackgroundPhospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R) is recognized as a target antigen in primary membranous nephropathy (MN); Anti-α-enolase antibody in primary and secondary MN has been proposed, however, little is known about the potential contri…

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a life-threatening disease and there is an urgent need to develop improved therapeutic approaches. The role of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) in PDAC stroma is not well defined even though dense des…

Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis is caused by a hypercoagulable state that is sometimes related to malignancy and this type of endocarditis associated with benign tumors has not yet been reported. In this study we report the first case…

ObjectiveTo report a case of sciatic endometriosis diagnosed by computerized tomography (CT)-guided biopsy in combination with CD10 immunohistochemical staining.DesignCase report.SettingUniversity hospital.Patient(s)A 33-year-old Japanese w…

PROBLEM: The aims of this study were to establish a mouse model of endometriosis and adenomyosis and to elucidate the necessity of reduced natural killer (NK)-cell and T-cell activities in the establishment of endometriosis and adenomyosis.…

Pulmonary endometriosis is the likely cause in patients with hemoptysis during menses. While we describe two cases of catamenial hemoptysis, which were localized with chest CT scanning, angiograms revealed normal appearance. We suggest that…

6-Thioguanine and Neomycin resistant human endometrial carcinoma cells were established from parental HHUA 95 cells in the present study. The karyotype was 46,XX although chromosome abnormalities had been observed occasionally. Cell hybrids…