Role of inflammation in bladder function and interstitial cystitis

S Grover, A Srivastava, R Lee… - … advances in urology, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Cystitis, or inflammation of the bladder, has a direct effect on bladder function. Interstitial
cystitis is a syndrome characterized by urinary bladder pain and irritative symptoms of more …

[HTML][HTML] Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome

LM French, N Bhambore - American family physician, 2011 - aafp.org
Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome affects more than 1 million persons in the United
States, but the cause remains unknown. Most patients with interstitial cystitis/painful bladder …

[HTML][HTML] Potential targeting of siglecs, mast cell inhibitory receptors, in interstitial cystitis

CS Park, BS Bochner - International neurourology journal, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mast cell increases and activation are detected in the chronic inflammatory bladder disease
interstitial cystitis (IC), and their proinflammatory mediators are felt to contribute to regional …

Bladder pain syndrome: do the different morphological and cystoscopic features correlate?

N Geurts, J Van Dyck, JJ Wyndaele - Scandinavian journal of …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. For the diagnosis of bladder pain syndrome (BPS), the International Society for
the Study of Bladder Pain Syndrome (ESSIC) recommends a specific diagnostic work-up …

5-Hydroxytryptamine potentiates neurogenic contractions of rat isolated urinary bladder through both 5-HT7 and 5-HT2C receptors

M Rekik, P Lluel, S Palea - European journal of pharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
Serotonin (5-HT) enhances the neurogenic contractile response induced by electrical field
stimulation (EFS) in the rat isolated urinary bladder. The aim of this study was to functionally …

New aspects in the differential diagnosis and therapy of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis

J Neuhaus, T Schwalenberg, LC Horn… - Advances in …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Diagnosis of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) is presently based on mainly
clinical symptoms. BPS/IC can be considered as a worst‐case scenario of bladder …

New insights into the mechanism of the down-regulation of mast cells in the treatment of interstitial cystitis: possible role of siglecs

T Lee - International Neurourology Journal, 2011 - einj.org
Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a severely debilitating, still puzzling, heterogeneous syndrome
affecting the urinary bladder that is associated with pelvic pain and voiding symptoms of …

Methods of Treating Interstitial Cystitis

P Bosch - US Patent App. 13/111,182, 2011 - Google Patents
US20110287018A1 - Methods of Treating Interstitial Cystitis - Google Patents
US20110287018A1 - Methods of Treating Interstitial Cystitis - Google Patents Methods of …

Mastocytosis and mast cell activation syndromes presenting as anaphylaxis

C Akin, DD Metcalfe - Anaphylaxis and hypersensitivity reactions, 2011 - Springer
Anaphylaxis results from mast cell degranulation induced by allergen-specific IgE as well as
various non-IgE-mediated mechanisms. It has been recently demonstrated that intrinsic …

Understanding mechanisms of ketamine-induced human urinary tract damage

K Shahzad - 2011 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
Ketamine is a phencyclidine derivative N-Methyl D-Aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist
used as an anaesthetic and analgesic. A florid non-bacterial cystitis condition known as …