An aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) with properties identical to those of the NADP+-dependent, tumor-associated aldehyde dehydrogenase appearing during rat hepatocarcinogenesis has been identified in normal rat urinary bladder. Like the tumor-associated aldehyde dehydrogenase, bladder NADP+-ALDH is cytosolic and preferentially oxidizes benzaldehyde-like aromatic aldehydes. Bladder ALDH is also ext...

Bladder pheochromocytomas are extremely rare and constitute less than 5% of bladder tumors. The initial symptoms of the patient are mostly nonspecific caused by hypertension. The postmicturition hypertensive crisis is the typical warning sign of this disease. In this article, we present a 29-year-old female having hypertensive attacks following micturition. Radiological imaging techniques revea...

Background: Bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) is a clinical condition that characterized by impediment to the flow of urine. It affects all age groups with varying etiologies. The pattern this in our setting unknown. This study aimed at determines clinico-epidemiological BOO southwestern Nigeria. Method: We retrospectively reviewed case files patients were managed for over period 10years center....

Developing a urine test to detect bladder tumours with high sensitivity and specificity is a key goal in bladder cancer research. We hypothesised that bladder cancer-specific glycoproteins might fulfill this role. Lectin-ELISAs were used to study the binding of 25 lectins to 10 bladder cell lines and serum and urine from bladder cancer patients and non-cancer controls. Selected lectins were the...

Developing a urine test to detect bladder tumours with high sensitivity and specificity is a key goal in bladder cancer research. We hypothesised that bladder cancer-specific glycoproteins might fulfill this role. Lectin-ELISAs were used to study the binding of 25 lectins to 10 bladder cell lines and serum and urine from bladder cancer patients and non-cancer controls. Selected lectins were the...

09 MAY 2017 Acupuncture outperforms drug therapy for the treatment of mild to moderate female stress urinary incontinence (FSUI). Researchers from Weihai City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine conclude that electroacupuncture is effective for the control of FSUI. In the study, an electroacupuncture treatment group produced a positive patient outcome rate of 86.7%. The drug control group ...

Purified staphylococcal alpha toxin was found to inhibit the active transport of sodium across the isolated toad bladder when applied to the serosal but not to mucosal surface. Heating or the addition of specific antitoxin abolished this effect. Low temperatures reduced this activity significantly. Application of vasopressin to the bladder serosa shortly after toxin resulted in only weak and tr...

1. Background: “It is well-known that dual effects of acupuncture on the 32 bladdercan be generated based on different contractile states of the bladder, However,the dual effects of single acupoint stimulation and acupoint site-specificity on thebladder have yet to be investigated.”Answer: We revised the sentence as: It is well-known that dual effects of acupunctureon th...