Investigative urology

This month in Investigative Urology: host parasite interaction in pyelonephritis.

Urological Oncology Lower Urinary Tract Laparoscopic and Robotic Urology Investigative Urology BJUI

Journal title changes from Korean Journal of Urology to Investigative and Clinical Urology

Happy New Year! The Korean Journal of Urology (KJU) changes its title to Investigative and Clinical Urology (ICUrology) starting in January 2016. This change intends to open doors for more international authors and readers [1]. The KJU has been published as an official journal of the Korean Urological Association since 1960 [1,2]. The KJU is currently indexed in major international databases, s...

Investigative Urology PHYTOESTROGENS FROM BELAMCANDA CHINENSIS AND PROSTATE CANCER CELLS THELEN

reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction to quantify mRNA expression of the androgen receptor (AR), the AR coactivator prostate derived Ets transcription factor (PDEF), NKX3.1, prostate specific antigen (PSA) and oestrogen receptorβ (ERβ ) compared with the expression of the housekeeping gene porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD). PSA secretion from LNCaP cells was measured and protein expres...

Clinical and investigative applications of Raman spectroscopy in Urology and Andrology

Raman spectroscopy (RS) is an optical technique that allows for real-time interrogation of biologic tissues with chemical specificity. Using a diode laser, incident photons are scattered on the tissue of interest and the spectral wavelength output is a reflection of the tissues' molecular fingerprint. Naturally, this technology has come into clinical usage to evaluate benign versus malignant ti...