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To investigate the protective effect of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a green tea extract, on partial bladder outlet obstruction (pBOO)-induced bladder injury in a rat model.The female Sprague-Dawley rats underwent sham or BOO procedures, and were divided into several groups (sham with saline injection, sham with EGCG treatment, BOO with saline injection, and BOO with EGCG treatment). The rats...
To investigate the expression pattern of Ras-related protein 1 (Rap1) during testicular development and to clarify whether its expression is developmentally regulated and whether this expression is involved in the process of germ cell apoptosis.The expression pattern of Rap1 in the adult rat testicle was compared with that in the developing rat testicle using immunoblotting and immunohistochemical...
To investigate whether the normal expression of metastasis-associated protein 1 (MTA1) in Sertoli cells (SCs) is associated with adjacent germ cells (GCs) and to provide the functional relevance of MTA1 in this somatic cell.The expression pattern of MTA1 in the SCs of impaired human spermatogenesis was determined using immunohistochemistry. The effect of the depletion of GCs on the expression of MTA1...
To investigate the expression of hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) protein in the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) of the human bladder and to determine the relative expression of the HCN subtypes. A total of 30 bladder specimens were obtained, and each bladder sample was divided into 2 parts. Part I, which included mucosa, submucosa, and muscle, was used for immunofluorescence...
To compare the prevalence, symptoms, and pathologic changes related to chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) with significant prostatitis-like symptoms between 2 altitude areas in northwest China.From October 2009 to March 2010 community male residents at 3000 m (Delingha) and 400 m (Xi'An) constituted the population base for the present cross-sectional study. All participants...
To evaluate the protective effects of inosine on bladder dysfunction, nerve density, and oxidative damage after partial bladder outlet obstruction in rats.A total of 60 adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 5 groups. Groups 1-4 underwent bladder outlet obstruction. Groups 1-3 were treated with inosine at 100, 150, or 225 mg/kg/d intraperitoneally and group 4 with saline. Group 5 consisted...
To test, using a mouse renal cancer, Renca, whether adoptive transfer of tumor-reactive transforming growth factor (TGF)-β–insensitive cytolytic T cells can inhibit tumor progression.Cytolytic T cells were isolated from the spleen of male Balb/c mice repeatedly primed with irradiated Renca cells. They were expanded ex vivo and were rendered TGF-β–insensitive by infecting with a retrovirus containing...
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