Misako Nakayama

ORCID: 0000-0001-8611-0662 · 2 papers in corpus

article 2020

The Natural History of Spontaneously Occurred Endometriosis in Cynomolgus Monkeys by Monthly Follow-Up Laparoscopy for Two Years

The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine ·doi:10.1620/tjem.251.241

Endometriosis, a disease in which endometrial tissue proliferates outside the uterus, is a progressive disease that affects women in reproductive age. It causes abdominal pain and infertility that severely affects the quality of life in you…

other 2018

Suppressive regulatory T cells and latent transforming growth factor-β-expressing macrophages are altered in the peritoneal fluid of patients with endometriosis

Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E ·doi:10.1186/s12958-018-0325-2

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a known cause of infertility. Differences in immune tolerance caused by regulatory T cells (Tregs) and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) are thought to be involved in the pathology of endometriosis. Evidence …