Toshikazu Yoshikawa

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 2002-2006

Study types

  • article 4
  • other 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 6
  • adenomyosis 2
article 2006
Synergistic effect of interleukin‐6 promoter (IL6 −634C/G) and intercellular adhesion molecule‐1 (ICAM‐1 469K/E) gene polymorphisms on the risk of endometriosis in Japanese women
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/j.1600-0897.2006.00426.x

PROBLEM: Endometriosis is an immune-related, chronic inflammatory disease with a polygenic predisposition. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the interleukin-6 (IL-6) gene promoter region polymorphism (-634C/G) and the interce…

other 2004
Genetic contribution of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha gene promoter (-1031, -863 and -857) and TNF receptor 2 gene polymorphisms in endometriosis susceptibility
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00168.x

PROBLEM: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha is a major cytokine involved in inflammatory and immune function. The aim of this study was to investigate whether polymorphisms at positions -1031, -863 and -857 in the TNF gene promoter region (T…

article 2004
Interferon-  gene dinucleotide (CA) repeat and interleukin-4 promoter region (-590C/T) polymorphisms in Japanese patients with endometriosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deh337

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a multifactorial disease with possible genetic predisposition and involvement of environmental factors in its pathogenesis. Cytokines may play important roles in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. The aim of thi…

article 2002
Association of HLA class I and class II alleles with susceptibility to endometriosis
Human immunology ·doi:10.1016/s0198-8859(02)00438-x

Although the exact etiology of endometriosis is unclear, several lines of evidence support roles for both cell-mediated and humoral immunity in its pathogenesis. To assess the association between HLA genotypes and endometriosis, we investig…

article 2002
Association of the CYP17 gene and CYP19 gene polymorphisms with risk of endometriosis in Japanese women
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/17.4.897

BACKGROUND: To investigate whether polymorphisms of CYP17 and CYP19 genes are associated with the risk of endometriosis, we analysed the frequency and distribution of a single nucleotide polymorphism at the 5' untranslated region of the CYP…

other 2002
Genetic contribution of the interleukin-10 promoter polymorphism in endometriosis susceptibility
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1034/j.1600-0897.2002.1o029.x

PROBLEM: Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an important immunomodulatory cytokine. The aim of this study was to investigate whether polymorphisms of the IL-10 gene promoter polymorphisms may be responsible in part for genetic susceptibility to endo…