Ikuko Sawada

No ORCID on file · 1 paper in corpus · active 2022

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  • article 1

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  • mesh:D004715 1
  • endometriosis 1
article 2022
Endometrial galectin‐3 causes endometriosis by supporting eutopic endometrial cell survival and engraftment in the peritoneal cavity
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/aji.13533

PROBLEM: The pathogenesis of endometriosis remains unclear. Endometrial cells in retrograde menstruation are considered the source of endometriosis; therefore, we hypothesized that the eutopic endometrium may provide clues regarding the pat…