2005
Regulation of cyclic nucleotides in the urinary tract
Wheeler MA, Ayyagari RR, Wheeler GL, Weiss RM. Regulation of cyclic nucleotides in the urinary tract. Journal Of Smooth Muscle Research 2005, 41: 1. PMID: 15855736, DOI: 10.1540/jsmr.41.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrinary tractRelaxation responseLow compliance bladderSmooth muscle functionG proteinsCyclic AMP productionStimulatory G proteinCyclic nucleotide levelsG protein isoformsUrge incontinenceTreatment optionsProstate cancerMuscle functionDisease processFamily of phosphodiesterasesSpecific PDE inhibitorsAMP productionPDE inhibitorsBladderAdenylyl cyclasePDE isoformsTractPharmacological potentialCancerPDE expression
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.