Kenichi Tanaka

ORCID: 0000-0003-4655-9355 · 13 papers in corpus · active 1998-2018

Study types

  • article 9
  • review 2
  • case-report 1
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 12
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • infertility 1
  • endometrioma 1
  • dyspareunia 1
article 2018
Cell reports ·doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2018.07.037

Endometriosis is characterized by ectopic endometrial-like epithelium and stroma, of which molecular characteristics remain to be fully elucidated. We sequenced 107 ovarian endometriotic and 82 normal uterine endometrial epithelium samples …

article 2013
Journal of human genetics ·doi:10.1038/jhg.2013.32
review 2012
Nature genetics ·doi:10.1038/ng.2445
article 2012
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/j.1447-0756.2012.01963.x

Ovarian pregnancy very rarely occurs and its exact mechanism is unclear. Here, we report a case of ovarian pregnancy resulting from cryopreserved blastocyst transfer. The patient was a 34-year-old woman who had undergone bilateral ovarian c…

article 2012
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/des080

BACKGROUND: Endometriotic cells display invasive characteristics, despite their benign histological appearance. Recently, the epithelial-mesenchymal transition, in which epithelial cells acquire mesenchymal and migratory properties, has att…

review 2010
Journal of human genetics ·doi:10.1038/jhg.2010.118
other 2003
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deg192

BACKGROUND: Although the aetiology of endometriosis remains unclear, many immunological abnormalities involving changes in cell-mediated and humoral immunity may be associated with endometriosis. Several disorders are thought to be associat…

article 2003
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1016/s0020-7292(03)00340-0

OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to examine the prevalence of endometriosis among female siblings of patients with endometriosis in Japan. METHODS: A total of 339 patients with endometriosis were questioned about endometriosis in their s…

case-report 2002
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/s0301-2115(02)00139-2

A 23-year-old woman was suffered from ruptured ovarian endometrioma with an elevated CA125 and CA19-9 concentration; 9537 and 15,653IU/ml, respectively. Rapid decrease in serum CA125 and CA19-9 was recognized before surgery. Such high level…

article 2002
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000066290

To address the contrasting findings regarding how pain is related to endometriosis, the relationship between pain and stage of endometriosis was dissected differently by the chief complaint to eliminate selection biases. A total of 1,092 wo…

article 2002
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000067882

An increasing number of reports suggest that endometriosis is associated with abnormal immune function, although the etiology of the disease remains undefined. The human leukocyte antigen system (HLA) is known to play a role in the etiology…

article 2002
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/17.3.560

BACKGROUND: An increasing number of reports suggest that endometriosis is associated with abnormal immune function involving changes in both cell-mediated and humoral immunity, although the aetiology of the disease remains undefined. The hu…

article 1998
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(98)00343-4