2003
Urinary interleukin-8 levels are elevated in subjects with transitional cell carcinoma
Sheryka E, Wheeler MA, Hausladen DA, Weiss RM. Urinary interleukin-8 levels are elevated in subjects with transitional cell carcinoma. Urology 2003, 62: 162-166. PMID: 12837459, DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(03)00134-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrinary IL-8 levelsIL-8 levelsTransitional cell carcinomaBacille Calmette-GuérinIL-8Cell carcinomaCalmette-GuérinProstate cancerHealthy subjectsActive transitional cell carcinomaUrinary interleukin-8 levelsLow stage transitional cell carcinomaInterleukin-8 levelsBladder cancer cell linesBladder cancer cellsEnzyme-linked immunosorbentCancer cell linesIntravesical therapyInflammatory processInvasive tumorsAngiogenic factorsMitomycin CElevated levelsCancer cellsMitomycin C.
2002
Prostaglandin E2 Production and Cyclooxygenase-2 Induction in Human Urinary Tract Infections and Bladder Cancer
WHEELER M, HAUSLADEN D, YOON J, WEISS R. Prostaglandin E2 Production and Cyclooxygenase-2 Induction in Human Urinary Tract Infections and Bladder Cancer. Journal Of Urology 2002, 168: 1568-1573. DOI: 10.1097/00005392-200210010-00086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUrinary prostaglandin E2 levelsUrinary tract infectionProstaglandin E2 levelsUrinary prostaglandin E2Tract infectionsBladder cancerProstaglandin E2 productionBCG treatmentCOX-2 mRNAUrogenital cancersE2 levelsUrine particulatesBladder muscleInflammatory processProstaglandin E2E2 productionBacillus Calmette-Guerin treatmentCOX-2 protein levelsCOX-2 protein expressionHuman urinary tract infectionsUrinary prostaglandin levelsCOX-2 expressionHuman bladder muscleBladder cancer casesCyclooxygenase-2 inductionProstaglandin E2 Production and Cyclooxygenase-2 Induction in Human Urinary Tract Infections and Bladder Cancer
Wheeler MA, Hausladen DA, Yoon JH, Weiss RM. Prostaglandin E2 Production and Cyclooxygenase-2 Induction in Human Urinary Tract Infections and Bladder Cancer. Journal Of Urology 2002, 168: 1568-1573. PMID: 12352459, DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)64522-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBCG VaccineCyclooxygenase 1Cyclooxygenase 2DinoprostoneEnzyme InductionFemaleGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicHumansIsoenzymesMaleMembrane ProteinsMiddle AgedProstaglandin-Endoperoxide SynthasesRNA, MessengerUreterUrinary BladderUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsUrinary Tract InfectionsUrogenital NeoplasmsUrotheliumConceptsUrinary prostaglandin E2 levelsUrinary tract infectionProstaglandin E2 levelsUrinary prostaglandin E2Tract infectionsBladder cancerProstaglandin E2 productionBCG treatmentCOX-2 mRNAUrogenital cancersE2 levelsUrine particulatesBladder muscleInflammatory processProstaglandin E2E2 productionBacillus Calmette-Guerin treatmentCOX-2 protein levelsCOX-2 protein expressionHuman urinary tract infectionsUrinary prostaglandin levelsCOX-2 expressionHuman bladder muscleBladder cancer casesCyclooxygenase-2 induction
1997
Bacterial infection induces nitric oxide synthase in human neutrophils.
Wheeler MA, Smith SD, García-Cardeña G, Nathan CF, Weiss RM, Sessa WC. Bacterial infection induces nitric oxide synthase in human neutrophils. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1997, 99: 110-116. PMID: 9011564, PMCID: PMC507774, DOI: 10.1172/jci119121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsArginineBacterial InfectionsBlotting, WesternCanavanineCell MembraneCitrullineFemaleGuanidinesHumansImmunohistochemistryIsoenzymesLeukocyte Common AntigensMaleMiddle AgedNeutrophilsNG-Nitroarginine Methyl EsterNitric Oxide SynthaseNitroarginineOmega-N-MethylarginineOrnithinePolymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerSulfonamidesThioureaTrifluoperazineUrinary Tract InfectionsConceptsInducible nitric oxide synthaseUrinary tract infectionNitric oxide synthaseNitric oxide synthase activityTract infectionsOxide synthase activityOxide synthaseInducible nitric oxide synthase activityNitric oxide synthase proteinNitric oxide synthase isoformsInduces nitric oxide synthaseMajor nitric oxide synthase isoformHuman inflammatory cellsHuman inducible nitric oxide synthaseExtended elevationInflammatory cellsProinflammatory functionsAntibiotic treatmentInflammatory processSynthase activityImmunocytochemical evidenceHuman neutrophilsInfectionCalcium independentSynthase isoforms