Yutaka Osuga

ORCID: 0000-0002-6660-1066 · 302 papers in corpus
guideline 2020
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.14522

The aim of this publication is to disseminate the clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of intestinal, bladder/ureteral, thoracic and umbilical endometriosis, already published in Japanese, to non-Japanese speakers. For developing …

observational 2020
Women's health (London, England) ·doi:10.1177/1745506520952003

Administration of Dienogest prior to hysteroscopic polypectomy is empirically performed, but the physiological effects of Dienogest on endometrial polyps are unclear. We aimed to investigate the effects of Dienogest on the proliferation and…

other 2020
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-019-00041-4

Human endometrium is a highly regenerative and dynamic tissue that undergoes cyclic changes during menstrual cycle. It has been reported that endometrial epithelium contains a population of progenitor/stem cells. Increasing amount of eviden…

review 2020
Reproductive medicine and biology ·doi:10.1002/rmb2.12340

BACKGROUND: Extra-pelvic endometriosis is a rare type of endometriosis, which occurs in a distant site from gynecological organs. The diagnosis of extra-pelvic endometriosis can be extremely challenging and may result in a delay in diagnosi…

diagnostic-accuracy 2020
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-020-00189-4

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…

other 2020
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-019-00090-9

In endometriosis, M2 macrophages (MΦ) are dominant and promote the development of endometriosis lesions. However, the factor(s) which induces M2 MΦ are unknown. In the present study, we focused on interleukin (IL)-33, known as an alarmin an…

other 2020
Cell death & disease ·doi:10.1038/s41419-020-2559-0
nonrandomized-trial 2020
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.14209

AIM: To investigate the safety and efficacy of dienogest (DNG), a progestational 19-norsteroid, administered for 52 weeks in patients with primary and secondary dysmenorrhea. METHODS: A total of 147 patients with dysmenorrhea received 1 mg…

diagnostic-accuracy 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…

lab-animal 2020
Biomedicines ·doi:10.3390/biomedicines8110467

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 investigated. In …

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

OBJECTIVE: To 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. DESIGN: Phase 2, mul…

lab-animal 2020
Journal of Reproductive Immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2020.103104

OBJECTIVES: To 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…

lab-animal 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…

lab-animal 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…

lab-animal 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…

2019
observational 2019
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2019.02.021

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To identify the clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, operative or medical management, and postoperative recurrence of umbilical endometriosis. DESIGN: A retrospective national survey. SETTING: Obstetrics and Gyne…

case-report 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 ou…

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…

observational 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…

rct 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 agoni…

lab-animal 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…

rct 2019
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.09.014

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy, safety, and clinically recommended dose of dienogest (DNG; 0.5 mg/d, 1 mg/d, and 2 mg/d) in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea. DESIGN: A phase II, randomized, double-blind, multicenter, placebo-cont…

diagnostic-accuracy 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…