Satoshi Asai — Endo Lab

case-report 2026

Endometriosis in the cecum diagnosed via forward-viewing endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition with a 19G fine-needle biopsy needle: a case report

Clinical journal of gastroenterology ·doi:10.1007/s12328-026-02392-3

Subepithelial lesions (SELs) in the lower gastrointestinal tract are rare, and diagnosis and treatment of colorectal SELs are often challenging. Although endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) is useful for minimally invas…

observational 2020

Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases

Nature genetics ·doi:10.1038/s41588-020-0640-3

The overwhelming majority of participants in current genetic studies are of European ancestry. To elucidate disease biology in the East Asian population, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) with 212,453 Japanese individuals …

2016

Fully sialylated alpha-chain of complement 4–binding protein: Diagnostic utility for ovarian clear cell carcinoma

·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.04.092

2016

IS-MW-1-3 A novel biomarker that distinguishes early stage ovarian clear cell adenocarcinomas from benign endometriomas(Group 1 Ovarian Cancer,International Session Mini Workshop)

diagnostic-accuracy 2015

Fully-sialylated alpha-chain of complement 4-binding protein: Diagnostic utility for ovarian clear cell carcinoma

Gynecologic Oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2015.10.012

OBJECTIVE: While a certain fraction of endometriomas can develop de novo epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) such as clear cell carcinoma (OCCC), there is currently no useful biomarker available for early detection of OCCC from endometriomas. T…