Netsu S

STUDY QUESTION: Does spontaneous endometriosis in cynomolgus monkeys have the characteristics required of a good experimental model? SUMMARY ANSWER: Spontaneous endometriosis in cynomolgus monkeys exhibited similar clinicopathological char…

STUDY QUESTION: What are the characteristics of spontaneous endometriosis in cynomolgus monkeys? SUMMARY ANSWER: Spontaneous endometriosis in cynomolgus monkeys exhibited similar characteristics to the human disease. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY…

Primary umbilical endometriosis is extremely rare, although cases secondary to previous surgery have occasionally been reported. Here, we report three cases of umbilical endometriosis: two cases with previous cesarean section and one case o…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the pathogenesis of endometriotic pain. DESIGN: Retrospective nonrandomized immunohistochemical study. SETTING: A university hospital, Department of Gynecology. PATIENT(S): Twenty human endometriotic specimens w…

PROBLEM: To investigate the molecular mechanism of endometriosis, gene expression profiling was analyzed in a rat endometriosis model. METHOD OF STUDY: An endometriosis model was induced by uterine autotransplantation in the peritoneal cav…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the localization of the proteins osteopontin (OPN) and L-selectin (SELL). DESIGN: Retrospective nonrandomized immunohistochemical study in a surgically induced rat model of peritoneal endometriosis and in samples …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the anti-inflammatory effect of n-3 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) compared with n-6 linoleic acid (LA) in an endometriosis rat model. We focused on the relationship between lipid metabolism and inflammatory reactions…

PROBLEM: Although the presence of mast cells in endometriosis lesions has been reported, there have been no reports of their pathological localization in ovarian endometrial cysts. METHODS OF STUDY: The localization of mast cells in ovaria…