Osuga Y

No ORCID on file · 211 papers in corpus · active 1999-2026

Study types

  • article 122
  • other 29
  • review 12
  • preprint 8
  • case-report 4

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 153
  • adenomyosis 37
  • endometrioma 34
  • dysmenorrhea 21
  • infertility 19
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 10
  • dyspareunia 5
  • bowel_endometriosis 4
  • bladder_endometriosis 3
  • mesh:D004716 3
article 2020
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-020-00186-7

In cases of extragenital endometriosis or microscopic endometriosis lesions, pathological diagnosis can be challenging because endometriotic stroma and glands represent only a minor component of fibrotic endometriotic lesions. For better ac…

article 2020
Biomedicines ·doi:10.3390/biomedicines8110467

Background: Relaxin (RLX)-2, produced by the corpus luteum and placenta, is known to be potentially effective in fibrotic diseases of the heart, lungs, kidneys, and bladder; however, its effectiveness in endometriosis has not yet been inves…

article 2020
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2020.07.055

ObjectiveTo evaluate the efficacy and safety of three dose levels of relugolix, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor antagonist, compared with placebo and leuprorelin in women with endometriosis-associated pain.DesignPhase 2, multicent…

article 2020
Journal of reproductive immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2020.103104

ObjectivesTo evaluate the anti-inflammatory and anti-angiogenetic effects of Tokishakuyakusan (TSS), a traditional Japanese medicine (Kampo), and its ingredients, ferulic acid (FA) and paeoniflorin (PA) on endometriotic stromal cells (ESC) …

2020
Oncology letters ·doi:10.3892/ol.2020.12014

Previous studies have suggested that histone methylation can modulate carcinogenesis and cancer progression. For instance, the histone methyltransferase SET and MYND domain containing 2 (SMYD2) is overexpressed in several types of cancer ti…

article 2020
Molecular human reproduction ·doi:10.1093/molehr/gaaa077

Non-hormonal therapeutic strategies for endometriosis are needed. The aim of this study was to characterize the effects of prostaglandin (PG)E2 receptor inhibitors to explore their potential as novel therapeutic strategies for endometriosis…

article 2019
Molecular human reproduction ·doi:10.1093/molehr/gaz066

Endometriosis exerts detrimental effects on ovarian physiology and compromises follicular health. Granulosa cells from patients with endometriosis are characterized by increased apoptosis, as well as high oxidative stress. Endoplasmic retic…

article 2019
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2019.02.021

Study objectiveTo identify the clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, operative or medical management, and postoperative recurrence of umbilical endometriosis.DesignA retrospective national survey.SettingObstetrics and Gynecology and…

2019
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223571

This study aimed to evaluate the attitudes of male and female members of the public toward uterus transplantation (UTx), surrogacy, and adoption in Japan via a web-based survey. One thousand six hundred participants were recruited with equa…

article 2019
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.14059

AIM: This study aimed to describe the clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and operative or medical management of inguinal endometriosis. METHODS: In this study, we retrospectively reviewed 20 cases of inguinal endometriosis in our…

review 2019
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ·doi:10.1080/01443615.2018.1460584

We aimed to examine how leuprorelin has been studied for the treatment of women with endometriosis in Asia. We conducted a literature search of PubMed, the Cochrane Library and ClinicalTrials.gov. This review includes randomised trials of w…

article 2019
BMC women's health ·doi:10.1186/s12905-019-0760-z

BACKGROUND: The recurrence rate after unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (USO) for unilateral endometrioma has not been reported. We evaluated the rate of and risk factors for endometrioma recurrence after USO. METHODS: In this retrospective …

case-report 2019
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2019.05.021

Desmoid tumors, which are often estrogen-dependent, frequently develop in surgical wounds. Here we report the case of 33-year-old woman with a 4-cm solid mass detected in her left adnexal area. She had previously undergone a laparoscopic su…

article 2019
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dez028

STUDY QUESTION: Does the GnRH antagonist, ASP1707, reduce endometriosis-associated pelvic pain? SUMMARY ANSWER: ASP1707 significantly reduced endometriosis-associated pelvic pain in a dose-related manner. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: GnRH agonist…

article 2019
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jc.2019-00281

CONTEXT: The ovarian reserve is reduced in patients with endometriosis. We hypothesize that the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) Akt-Forkhead box O (Foxo3) pathway is involv…

article 2019
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719119831782

When the presence of endometriotic lesions are not evident by hematoxylin and eosin staining, CD10 is used to highlight and confirm the presence of endometriotic stroma. However, CD10 is not specific only to the endometrial stroma but is al…

article 2019
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.14014

Laparoscopic port site endometriosis is less common in abdominal wall endometriosis, and malignant transformation of abdominal wall endometriosis is rare. We reported a case of mixed endometrioid and clear cell carcinoma arising from port s…

article 2019
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719119828095

In cases of extragenital endometriosis or microscopic endometriosis lesions, pathological diagnosis can be challenging because endometriotic stroma and glands represent only a minor component of fibrotic endometriotic lesions. For better ac…

article 2019
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.14157

AIM: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of T2 star (T2*) mapping in diagnosing ovarian cysts/ tumors. METHODS: diameter circle, was set as much as possible inside ovarian tumors/cysts to measure T2*values, and mean T2* va…

article 2019
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719119828112

ObjectsThere is growing evidence that sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is involved in inflammatory diseases. As endometriosis is known as an inflammatory disease, we investigated the role of S1P system in the development of endometriosis.Metho…

2019
BMC cancer ·doi:10.1186/s12885-019-5638-9

BackgroundWolf-Hirschhorn syndrome candidate gene-1 (WHSC1), a histone methyltransferase, has been found to be upregulated and its expression to be correlated with expression of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) in several cancers. In this…

article 2019
Nature communications ·doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13708-y

Uterine adenomyosis is a benign disorder that often co-occurs with endometriosis and/or leiomyoma, and impairs quality of life. The genomic features of adenomyosis are unknown. Here we apply next-generation sequencing to adenomyosis (70 ind…

other 2018
Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E ·doi:10.1186/s12962-018-0097-8

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: This study aims to assess the cost-effectiveness of early physician consultation and guideline-based intervention to prevent endometriosis and/or disease progression using oral contraceptive (OC) and progestin comp…

article 2018
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719118806395

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to clarify the expression of Ninj1 in endometriosis and adenomyosis lesions, and its inductive factor in human endometriotic stromal cells (ESCs).BackgroundNerve injury-induced protein 1 (Ninj1) is a molec…

review 2018
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.13559

Endometriosis is characterized by the implantation and growth of endometriotic tissues outside the uterus. It is widely accepted the theory that endometriosis is caused by the implantation of endometrial tissue from retrograde menstruation;…