The purpose of this study was to determine if Otarine Herpesvirus-1 (OtHV-1) is associated with the presence of urogenital carcinomas in California sea lions. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis with primers specific for OtHV-1 was used to compare the prevalence of OtHV-1 infection in 15 sea lions affected by urogenital carcinoma with that of age-matched and juvenile tumour-free animals, a...

Urogenital schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that can lead to bladder cancer. How urogenital schistosomiasis induces carcinogenesis remains unclear, although there is evidence that the human blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium, the infectious agent of urogenital schistosomiasis, releases estradiol-like metabolites. These kind of compounds have been implicated in other cancers. Aim...

The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence and localization of different tumors in the urogenital system in dogs and cats in relation to sex, age and breed of animals. The study was performed on tumors or tissue specimens from tumors of the urinary and genital system obtained during surgery from dogs and cats submitted to the Division of Pathological Anatomy, Department of Clinical Sci...

Urogenital system development in mammals requires the coordinated differentiation of two distinct tissues, the ductal epithelium and the nephrogenic mesenchyme, both derived from the intermediate mesoderm of the early embryo. The former give rise to the genital tracts, ureters and kidney collecting duct system, whereas mesenchymal components undergo epithelial transformation to form nephrons in...

The ampulla ureter and ampulla urogenital ⁄ uriniferous papilla represent differing morphologies of the caudal urogenital ducts in snakes. The ampulla ureter is an enlarged portion of the caudal extremity of the ureter that communicates the cranial regions of the ureter and the ductus deferens ⁄Wolffian duct to the urodaeum. The ampulla urogenital ⁄ uriniferous papilla is an enlarged pouch, dis...

OBJECTIVES--Whereas serovars A, B, Ba and C of Chlamydia trachomatis are usually associated with trachoma, two of these serovars (Ba and C) are occasionally observed in urogenital infections. Variation in the gene encoding the major outer membrane protein (MOMP) was explored to distinguish urogenital from trachoma specimens of the same serovar. METHODS--A large portion of the MOMP gene was ampl...

Although some urogenital drugs such as tamsulosin or tolterodine have reached blockbuster status, the pharmacotherapy of urogenital disorders has been lagging behind many other therapeutic areas for a long time. Malformations and trauma of the urogenital tract are a clear domain of surgery, and malignant urogenital disease has more in common with malignancies of other tissues than with other ur...