H Okada

No ORCID on file · 17 papers in corpus
lab-animal 2010
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000292490

To examine antiestrogenic effects of danazol through the receptor system and to clarify its direct effects on the endometrium in vivo, we applied danazol jelly directly into the rabbit uterine cavity and measured uterine estrogen, progester…

lab-animal 2001
Molecular human reproduction ·doi:10.1093/molehr/7.4.341

Dienogest is a synthetic steroid that has been used as a progestogen in contraceptive pills and is currently being studied for its possible clinical use in the treatment of endometriosis. In this study, we investigated the direct effects of…

lab-animal 1996
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences ·doi:10.1021/js960123a

The serum drug levels and pharmacological effects of leuprorelin acetate (leuprolide acetate) in female rats after subcutaneous (sc) injection of 3-month release injectable and biodegradable microspheres were investigated. After sc injectio…

lab-animal 1993
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(93)90654-2

OBJECTIVE: To investigate steroidogenesis in eutopic and ectopic endometrial tissues in adenomyosis. STUDY DESIGN: Aromatase and estrone sulfatase activities were determined by anion-exchange resin column chromatography, thin-layer chromat…

review 1991
Yakugaku zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan ·doi:10.1248/yakushi1947.111.8_397

Leuprorelin (leuprolide, D-Leu6-(des-Gly10-NH2)-LH-RH ethylamide) acetate is a super-active agonist of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH). We developed once-a-month injectable microcapsules of this agonist by our novel in-water d…

other 1991
Nihon Sanka Fujinka Gakkai zasshi
lab-animal 1990
Journal of steroid biochemistry ·doi:10.1016/0022-4731(90)90167-q

The development of human uterine estrogen-dependent tumors is considered to be closely related to estrogen biosynthesis. This study examined whether or not 14 alpha-hydroxy-4-androstene-3,6,17-trione (14 alpha-OHAT), a new 4-androstene-3, 1…

lab-animal 1989
Acta endocrinologica ·doi:10.1530/acta.0.1210259

Estrogen biosynthesis (aromatase activity) was investigated in human adenomyosis tissue and compared with that of the normal myometrium, endometrium, and endometrial cancer tissues. Homogenates were incubated with [1,2,6,7-3H]androstenedion…

lab-animal 1988
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics ·doi:10.1016/s0022-3565(25)24466-4

Leuprolide acetate is a highly potent analog of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone. We have prepared 1-month release injectable microcapsules of leuprolide acetate using a biodegradable polymer, poly (dl-lactide-co-glycolide), to treat a…

other 1987
Contributions to gynecology and obstetrics
lab-animal 1986
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.3109/00016348609157380

To understand the mechanism of biological action of gestrinone (R2323), which has a therapeutic effect against endometriosis, the binding of gestrinone to numerous classes of intracellular steroid binding proteins was studied in the human u…

observational 1985
Asia-Oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1447-0756.1985.tb00760.x

Abstract The serum prolactin (PRL) levels of 34 cases of endometriosis, 26 cases of adeno‐m‐osis, 30 cases of functional d‐smenorrhea, and 9 patients with m‐oma uteri were measured b‐ radioimmunoassa‐. The incidence of h‐perprolactinemia (>…

other 1985
Asia-Oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1447-0756.1985.tb00762.x

Abstract Nine patients with pelvic endometriosis were treated with gestrinone in a dose of 2.5 mg twice weekl‐ for 6 to 7 months. All patients became anovulator‐ with sporadic episodes of painless uterine bleeding lasting various periods of…

lab-animal 1984
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)47840-4

To understand the mechanism of action of danazol, the binding of danazol to multiple classes of intracellular steroid binding proteins was studied in the human uterine endometrium. Danazol bound to endometrial receptors for estrogen, proges…

observational 1983
Asia-Oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1447-0756.1983.tb00621.x

Abstract The relation between serum hormone levels, endometrial cellular steroid receptor levels and endometrial dating was evaluated in the mid‐luteal phase of normoprolactinemic and hyperprolactinemic women for a better understanding of l…

nonrandomized-trial 1983
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)47413-3

This study was designed to clarify the effects of danazol on levels of serum luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), prolactin, progesterone (P), and 17 beta-estradiol and endometrial steroid receptors (for estrogen [E…

other 1979
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)43935-x

Steroid receptors in endometriosis and adenomyosis were investigated to clarify their clinical significance. The receptor levels were determined by Scatchard plot analysis (4 degrees C, by dextran-coated charcoal). In the cytosols of both t…