Changes of NK cells in preeclampsiaAtsushi Fukui
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Aomori, Japan
Am J Reprod Immunol 67:278-86. 2012
..In this review, various expressions of NK cell surface markers including NCRs on NK cells, NK cell cytotoxicity, and production of cytokines and angiogenic factors by NK cells were reviewed in relation to preeclampsia...
Expression of natural cytotoxicity receptors and a2V-ATPase on peripheral blood NK cell subsets in women with recurrent spontaneous abortions and implantation failuresAtsushi Fukui
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA
Am J Reprod Immunol 56:312-20. 2006
..In this study, we aim to investigate the expression of NCRs and a2V-ATPase in peripheral blood NK cells of women with recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSA) or implantation failures...
Uterine and circulating natural killer cells and their roles in women with recurrent pregnancy loss, implantation failure and preeclampsiaAtsushi Fukui
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu cho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036 8562, Japan
J Reprod Immunol 90:105-10. 2011
..In this review, the expression of NCRs in peripheral blood NK cells and endometrial or decidual NK cells is discussed in relation to reproductive failure...
Correlation between natural cytotoxicity receptors and intracellular cytokine expression of peripheral blood NK cells in women with recurrent pregnancy losses and implantation failuresAtsushi Fukui
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori 036 8562, Japan
Am J Reprod Immunol 62:371-80. 2009
..We investigated whether women with recurrent pregnancy losses (RPLs) and implantation failures have aberrant correlation between NCRs and intracellular cytokine expression of NK cells...
Intracellular cytokine expression of peripheral blood natural killer cell subsets in women with recurrent spontaneous abortions and implantation failuresAtsushi Fukui
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, USA
Fertil Steril 89:157-65. 2008
..To investigate the cytokine expression by peripheral blood natural killer (NK) cells of women with recurrent spontaneous abortion (SAB) or implantation failures...
Timed sexual intercourse facilitates the recruitment of uterine CD56(bright) natural killer cells in women with infertilityHidetaka Kimura
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
Am J Reprod Immunol 62:118-24. 2009
..The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of sexual intercourse on uterine NK cell subsets...
Erythrocytes counteract the negative effects of female ageing on mouse preimplantation embryo development and blastocyst formationRie Fukuhara
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu cho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036 8562, Japan
Hum Reprod 23:2080-5. 2008
..However, very few studies have reported the effects of erythrocyte supplementation on developmental competence in ageing embryos...
An investigation of the potential effect of vacuoles in human sperm on DNA damage using a chromosome assay and the TUNEL assaySeiji Watanabe
Department of Anatomical Science, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki 036 8562, Japan
Hum Reprod 26:978-86. 2011
..The aims of this study were to establish whether individual differences exist in the frequency and size of vacuoles found in human sperm and to ascertain whether such vacuoles are involved in causing DNA damage...
Retinoic acid-inducible gene-I is induced by interferon-gamma and regulates CXCL11 expression in HeLa cellsEi Yuzawa
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu cho, Hirosaki, 036 8562, Japan
Life Sci 82:670-5. 2008
..Immunohistochemical studies revealed the RIG-I expression in the normal human endometrium, suggesting a possible role of RIG-I in human reproductive organs...
[Clinical application of the gonadotropin--ovulation induction]Atsushi Fukui
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine
Nippon Rinsho 64:230-6. 2006