Masashi Takamura

ORCID: 0000-0001-9335-303X · 50 papers in corpus · active 2009-2026

Study types

  • article 33
  • other 6
  • preprint 4
  • review 3
  • book-chapter 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 32
  • mesh:D004715 28
  • endometrioma 16
  • adenomyosis 8
  • thoracic_endometriosis 1
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • bladder_endometriosis 1
preprint 2026
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-8750076/v1
preprint 2023
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-2834252/v1

Abstract Background Previous studies have shown the ovarian carcinoma after laparscopic cystectomy of endometrioma arises through the recurrence of endometrioma. Then it can be assumed that reduction of ovarian endometrioma recurrence throu…

article 2022
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-022-22413-8

The purpose of this study was to establish a novel mouse model of adenomyosis suitable for longitudinal and quantitative analyses and perinatal outcome studies. Using a 30 G needle, the entire uterine wall of one horn was mechanically punct…

preprint 2022
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-1332354/v2
preprint 2022
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-1332354/v1
article 2022
BMC women's health ·doi:10.1186/s12905-022-01925-5

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to determine the factors associated with an unfavorable clinical course (emergency surgery and/or prolonged hospitalization) in patients requiring hospitalization owing to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). MET…

other 2022
Biomedicines ·doi:10.3390/biomedicines10102627

The purpose of this study was to establish a new mouse model of endometriosis that mimics real-world women's health problems, in which women continue to be affected by endometriosis long before they wish to become pregnant, and to evaluate …

book-chapter 2021
·doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-820661-4.00012-1
other 2021
Journal of reproductive immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2021.103371

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine the systemic and local proportions, focal localization, and characteristics of polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells (PMN-MDSCs) in endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: Peripheral blood and pe…

article 2021
·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2021.103388
article 2020
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.14519

We present a case of hemorrhagic shock occurred during dienogest therapy for uterine adenomyosis which necessitated an emergency hysterectomy. The patient was a 45-year-old woman with adenomyosis. Magnetic resonance imaging showed type I ad…

article 2020
Journal of reproductive immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2020.103104
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
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 2018
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719118806395
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;…

article 2018
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2018.04.021
other 2017
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.09.036

OBJECTIVES: To characterize peritoneal dendritic cells (DCs) in endometriosis and to clarify their role in its etiology. DESIGN: Experimental. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Sixty-three women (35 patients with endometriosis an…

article 2017
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.13198

AIM: Our objective was to determine the preoperative factors associated with difficulty in total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH). METHODS: This retrospective clinical study included 157 patients who underwent TLH for leiomyoma or adenomyosi…

other 2016
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.07.1077

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence rate of subsequent development of ovarian cancer after excision of endometrioma. DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): A total of 485 women with endo…

article 2016
Journal of reproductive immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2016.12.002
article 2016
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jc.2016-1515

CONTEXT: Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent, chronic inflammatory disease. Recent studies have shown that vitamin D (VD) is an effective modulator of the immune system and plays an important role in controlling many inflammatory disease…

article 2016
article 2016
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/aji.12540

PROBLEM: Neutrophils are known to be accumulated in endometriosis; however, direct evidence of the impact of neutrophils in the development of endometriosis was lacking. To clarify the importance of neutrophils, we examined the effect of ne…