Okamoto M
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· 12 papers in corpus
· active 2013-2025
Study types
- article 7
- review 3
Condition tags
- endometriosis 9
- adenomyosis 1
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- Mamiko Okamoto 10
- Kaei Nasu 9
- Yoko Aoyagi 8
- Kawano Y 8
- Aoyagi Y 8
- Narahara H 7
- Hisashi Narahara 7
- Kentaro Kai 7
- Nasu K 7
- Yuichiro Kawano 7
2025
BackgroundThis study aimed to describe the clinical characteristics of patients with obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal anomaly (OHVIRA)/Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich (HWW) syndrome and to evaluate the efficacy of minimally invasive man…
2022
Changes in facial expression provide cues for assessing emotional states in mammals and may provide non-verbal signals of pain. This study uses geometric morphometrics (GMM) to explore the facial shape variation in female Japanese macaques …
article
2022
Uterine fibroids are associated with heavy menstrual bleeding, abdominal discomfort, subfertility and a reduced quality of life. The present study reported a case series of life-threatening anemia with hemoglobin levels <2.0 g/dl caused by …
review
2021
Endometriosis is a benign tumor that affect 6-10% women of reproductive age. To date, it is suggested that the aberrant microRNA (miRNA) expressions play important roles in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Reviewing the literature, we fou…
review
2021
Endometriosis is a common, estrogen-dependent benign tumor that affect 3-10% women of reproductive age, and is characterized by the ectopic growth of endometrial tissue, which is found primarily in the rectovaginal septum, ovaries, and pelv…
article
2020
BACKGROUND: A number of microRNAs are aberrantly expressed in endometriosis and are involved in its pathogenesis. Our previous study demonstrated that has-miR-100-5p expression is enhanced in human endometriotic cyst stromal cells (ECSCs). …
article
2016
Decidualization of the endometrium and endometriosis involves the morphological and biochemical reprogramming of the estrogen-primed proliferative stromal compartment under the continuing influence of progesterone. Here, we evaluated the in…
article
2016
STUDY QUESTION: Is the micro-RNA (miRNA) miR-503, downregulated in endometriotic cyst stromal cells (ECSCs) and does this affect the cell cycle, cell proliferation, angiogenesis and contractility of these cells? SUMMARY ANSWER: miR-503 expr…
review
2014
Accumulating evidence suggests that epigenetic aberrations play definite roles in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. These include aberrations in genomic DNA methylation, microRNA expression, and histone modification. The aberrant histone m…
article
2014
STUDY QUESTION: What are the roles of the microRNA miR-210-an miRNA that is up-regulated in endometriotic cyst stromal cells (ECSCs)-in the pathogenesis of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Up-regulated miR-210 expression in ECSCs is involved …
article
2013
Endometriosis of the perineum and vulva is extremely rare, with the most common site being episiotomy scars. We report here a case of spontaneously developing perineal endometriosis successfully treated with local excision. A 39-year-old wo…
article
2013
PROBLEM: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the involvement of death receptor (DR) 6 in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. METHODS OF STUDY: Endometriotic cyst stromal cells (ECSCs) and normal endometrial stromal cells (NESCs) were is…