Fumitake Ito

No ORCID on file · 39 papers in corpus · active 2014-2026

Study types

  • article 29
  • other 5
  • dataset 2
  • review 2
  • case-report 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 34
  • endometrioma 9
  • adenomyosis 6
  • die_deep_infiltrating 2
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 2
  • infertility 2
  • thoracic_endometriosis 1
  • dyspareunia 1
  • bladder_endometriosis 1
other 2026
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0344781

BACKGROUND: Ferritin may be elevated as an acute-phase reactant in inflammatory conditions, potentially masking iron deficiency. We aimed to evaluate the frequency of iron deficiency and the diagnostic significance of transferrin saturation…

dataset 2026
·doi:10.5281/zenodo.18637560

This dataset contains the anonymized clinical data analyzed in the study titled "Characteristics of transferrin saturation and anemia-related biomarkers in patients with uterine adenomyosis". Abstract:Background: Ferritin may be elevated as…

dataset 2026
·doi:10.5281/zenodo.18637559

This dataset contains the anonymized clinical data analyzed in the study titled "Characteristics of transferrin saturation and anemia-related biomarkers in patients with uterine adenomyosis". Abstract:Background: Ferritin may be elevated as…

other 2026
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-025-02014-2
other 2025
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.1080/09513590.2025.2516202

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disease wherein isoflavones interact with estrogen receptors. Daidzein-rich isoflavone aglycones (DRIAs) have been shown to inhibit cell proliferation and aromatase activity in vitro and in …

article 2025
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-025-01796-9
case-report 2024
Case reports in women's health ·doi:10.1016/j.crwh.2024.e00657

Partial cystectomy is often performed to treat bladder endometriosis. However, there are no reports of bladder rupture more than 10 years after cystectomy. A 55-year-old woman with a history of laparoscopic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy a…

article 2023
Free radical biology & medicine ·doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.10.402

Menstrual blood, containing high iron levels, can undergo retrograde transport into the abdominal cavity. Excess iron causes oxidative stress and inflammation. Iron metabolism is regulated by hepcidin, and serum hepcidin levels are increase…

article 2023
Gynecology and minimally invasive therapy ·doi:10.4103/gmit.gmit_132_22

Objectives: The effects of laparoscopic surgical management in women with stage III/IV endometriosis remain controversial. The standard extent of resection for stage III/IV endometriosis with deep endometriosis to treat endometriosis-associ…

article 2022
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-022-01089-5

Although nutrient status plays an important role in cell metabolism, its significance in endometriosis is obscure. Herein, we investigated the effects of a low-nutrient microenvironment on endometriosis. Stromal cells (SCs) from ovarian end…

article 2022
·doi:10.2139/ssrn.4201389
article 2022
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/clinem/dgac118

CONTEXT: Progesterone resistance including progesterone receptor (PR) deficiency contributes to the pathophysiology of endometriosis; however, whether the PR expression levels in ovarian endometrioma (OE) correlate with the postoperative re…

article 2020
European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X ·doi:10.1016/j.eurox.2020.100108

Chronic inflammation in endometriosis is associated with increased risk of future cardiovascular disease; however, no studies have investigated the cardiovascular risk of women who have undergone hormonal therapy for endometriosis. We inves…

article 2020
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/aji.13380

PROBLEM: Inflammation and immune responses play crucial roles in the development of endometriosis. Although interleukin-9 (IL-9) has a pro-inflammatory function in chronic inflammatory diseases, its function in endometriosis remains unknown…

article 2020
International journal of surgery protocols ·doi:10.1016/j.isjp.2020.02.003

BACKGROUND: The Vagi-Pipe® is a useful device for performing a total laparoscopic hysterectomy. The conventional model of the Vagi-Pipe® is unable to grasp the uterus during colpotomy for recovery of the resected uterus. However, the modifi…

review 2019
Reproductive medicine and biology ·doi:10.1002/rmb2.12285

BACKGROUND: It has been well established that endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disease. Although the exact pathogenesis of the disease is still unclear, it is known to be characterized by estrogen-dependent growth and maintenance of t…

article 2019
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dez067

STUDY QUESTION: Is a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator 1α (PGC-1α)-mediated pathway involved in the development of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: PGC-1α plays critical roles in inflammation and cell proliferation of e…

review 2018
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.13743

Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease that causes various clinical symptoms, such as chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea and infertility, seriously affecting women's health and their quality of life. The symptoms and endometriotic l…

article 2018
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology ·doi:10.1016/j.jsbmb.2018.04.004
article 2018
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.13725

AIM: We aimed to evaluate whether hormonal therapy immediately after postsurgical recurrence of ovarian endometrioma controls disease progression and can be an alternative therapeutic option to avoid multiple repeat surgeries. METHODS: We e…

article 2018
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.13595

Malignant transformation of diaphragmatic endometriosis is rare. We present a case of endometrioid carcinoma arising from diaphragmatic endometriosis treated with laparoscopy. A 59-year-old primigravida woman who had undergone abdominal hys…

article 2017
article 2017
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jc.2017-00052

Context: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with altered immune response to endometrial cells facilitating the implantation and proliferation of ectopic endometrial tissues. Although regulatory T (Treg) cells play a …

article 2017
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.13266

AIM: The aim of this study was to elucidate whether the presence of an ovarian endometrioma is associated with impaired vascular flow. We investigated changes in vascular flow on the ipsilateral and contralateral side of the endometrioma, b…

article 2016

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