The comparative localisation of renin in the genital organs, especially in the coagulating glands of male mice of the strains C57BL/6 and Balb/c, was investigated using immunocytochemical, immunoelectron microscopical and Northern blot techniques. Dot-like reactions for renin, of varying diameters, were detected immunocytochemically in the epithelial cells of coagulating glands of C57BL/6 mice,...

OBJECTIVES Transurethral prostatectomy (TURP) is the gold standard in surgical therapy of symptomatic bladder outlet obstruction. TURP is characterised by immediate treatment success, due to the removal of obstruction combined with a long-lasting improvement of symptoms and voiding parameters. In spite of good long-term results of TURP, intraoperative blood loss produces morbidity. We investiga...

THE photocoagulating beam was studied in the first article of this series. This second article is devoted to the observation system, the essential requirement of which is proper illumination of the fundus. Taking into account that the coagulating beam is already directed towards the patient's eye, it seems obvious that it should also be used for illuminating the fundus. In fact, this has been t...

The key to successful applications of soft tissue lasers and their advantages over other surgical tools is their ability to accurately cut and efficiently coagulate the soft tissue at the same time. However, not all lasers are efficient at both cutting and coagulating. Some laser wavelengths (such as those of Erbium lasers) are great at cutting but are not as efficient at coagulating.1 Other wa...

and keywords: monopolar cutting current,coagulating current, harmonic scalpel.

It is well known that the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is involved in the control of blood pressure. Recently, all or part of the components concerning the RAS have been reported to be synthesized and secreted outside of classical organs or tissues, at sites including the brain, pituitary and pineal glands, eye, heart, adrenal gland, testes, ovary, placenta, and coagulating glands. The functi...

The molecular basis of active ion transport in secretory glands such as the prostate is not well characterized. Rat nongastric H-K-ATPase is expressed at high levels in distal colon surface cell apical membranes and thus is referred to as "colonic." Here we show that the ATPase is expressed in rodent prostate complex in a lobe-specific manner. RT-PCR and Western blot analyses indicate that rat ...

thirty young, healthy, nonsmoking women (mean age approximately 28 years) taking low-dose oral contraceptive pills were recruited for the study of the effects of these pills on coagulating factors. twenty subjects were taking ld pill (ethinyl estradiol 0.03 mg, levonorgestrel 0.15 mg) and 10 others were taking cilest (ethinyl estradiol 0.035 mg, norgestimate 0.25 mg) for six months. the control...

Female mice were allowed to mate with males which had been sham-operated (Group 1); had seminal vesicles, coagulating glands and ventral and dorsal prostate glands removed (Group 2); had the seminal vesicles removed (Group 3); had the coagulating glands removed (Group 4) or had the ventral and dorsal prostate gland removed (Group 5). The pregnancy rate was normal in Groups 1 and 4, severely red...