objective(s): the aim of this study was to estimate effects of hyperbaric (hb) treatment by determination of cd15s and cd11b leukocyte proinflammatory markers expression.  in addition, this study describes changes in cd77 and cd34 expression on rat endothelial cells in renal, pulmonary and cardiac tissue following exposure to hyperbaric pressure. materials and methods:expression of cd11b and cd...

Renal-type clear cell carcinoma (RTCCC) of the prostate is a rare form kidney cancer that infrequently reported in literature. Here we describe case an 81-year-old male patient with hard, immovable mass on his enlarged prostate, which was discovered through digital rectal examination. His prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level 23.01 ng/ml, and bone multi-slice computed tomography scans re...

results at the end of the study, four 4 cases in the nelatone group and 12 cases in the foley group presented with uti (p = 0.01). no positive urine cultures were found in the control group. conclusions the nelatone catheters, compared with the foley ones, had a lower risk of uti in the long term use. verifying this claim by further studies can have an important role in reducing utis in patient...

Monoclonal antibody F30 was produced by the fusion of murine myeloma cell line P3-X63-Ag8-653 with spleen cells from a BALB/C mouse immunized with established human pancreatic cancer cell line (PK-1) and the reaction specificity was analyzed. The antigen recognized by monoclonal antibody F30 was different from HLA-associated antigen, beta 2-microglobulin, fetal bovine serum components, ferritin...

INTRODUCTION The study aimed to evaluate the long-term efficacy of treatment with extract of Serenoa repens (Prostamol Uno) in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) induced by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). PATIENTS AND METHODS We studied 120 patients with mild or moderate LUTS induced by BPH, maximal urinary flow (Q(max)) <15 ml with a voided volume ≥150 ml, prostate-specifi...

BACKGROUND The genes that encode prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and human glandular kallikrein (hK2) are up-regulated by androgens and progestins in cultured cells, but no published studies have described the effect of androgen administration in women on serum and urinary PSA or hK2. METHODS We measured serum and urinary PSA and hK2 before, and 4 and 12 months post testosterone treatment by ...

Background and Aims: There is controversy on change of Prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels after some urological procedures such as cystoscopy. In this study, we evaluated the effect of cystoscopy on PSA levels in patients with urologic diseases. Methods: In a before-after study, 190 patients with urologic diseases such as relapsing urinary tract infection (UTI), urinary incontinency, hematu...

CD80 is expressed on all antigen-presenting cells and is present on podocytes in a number of experimental models of nephrotic syndrome. We tested whether urinary soluble CD80 increased with idiopathic minimal-change disease (MCD). We collected urine and serum samples from patients with MCD in relapse and in remission, patients with nephrotic syndrome resulting from other glomerular diseases (FS...

CONTEXT This article reviews diverse aspects of the prevention of urinary tract infections, including confirmation of the diagnosis, application of hygiene and dietary measures, antibacterial prophylaxis (preferably consisting of a single nocturnal oral dose per day of an antibiotic or drug with high urinary excretion and good tolerance), and administration of vaccines made with Escherichia col...

Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles, approximately 50 nm in diameter, derived from the endocytic pathway and released by a variety of cell types. Recent data indicate a spectrum of exosomal functions, including RNA transfer, antigen presentation, modulation of apoptosis, and shedding of obsolete protein. Exosomes derived from all nephron segments are also present in human urine, where the...