A focus on mast cells and pain

A Héron, D Dubayle - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2013 - Elsevier
Mast cells (MCs) are immunocytes with secretory functions that act locally in peripheral
tissues to modulate local hemodynamics, nociceptor activation and pain. They are also able …

Increased apoptosis and suburothelial inflammation in patients with ketamine-related cystitis: a comparison with non-ulcerative interstitial cystitis and controls.

CL Lee, YH Jiang, HC Kuo - BJU international, 2013 - search.ebscohost.com
Objective To investigate the suburothelial inflammation and urothelial dysfunction that
occurs with ketamine-related cystitis (KC) and interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome …

Improvement by phytotherapeutic agent of detrusor overactivity, down-regulation of pharmacological receptors and urinary cytokines in rats with cyclophosphamide …

S Nasrin, E Masuda, H Kugaya, Y Ito, S Yamada - The Journal of urology, 2013 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: We characterized pharmacological effects of the phytotherapeutic agent
Eviprostat® on urodynamic parameters, bladder muscarinic and purinergic receptors, and …

The severity of experimental autoimmune cystitis can be ameliorated by anti-CXCL10 Ab treatment

UP Singh, NP Singh, H Guan, VL Hegde, RL Price… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Interstitial cystitis (IC), more recently called painful bladder syndrome (PBS) is a
complex disease associated with chronic bladder inflammation that primarily affects women …

Interstitial cystitis: another IgG4–related inflammatory disease?

S Crumley, Y Ge, H Zhou, SS Shen, JY Ro - Annals of Diagnostic Pathology, 2013 - Elsevier
Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a disease of undetermined etiology and pathogenesis. Inflammation
is thought to play a key role in many patients, characteristically with an increase in mast cells …

Effects of the R ho kinase inhibitor, hydroxyfasudil, on bladder dysfunction and inflammation in rats with HCl‐induced cystitis

N Shimizu, MA De Velasco, T Umekawa… - … Journal of Urology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the effect of the R ho kinase inhibitor, hydroxyfasudil, on bladder
function in a rat model of HCl‐induced chemical cystitis, and to elucidate the possible …

Physiological relevance of LL-37 induced bladder inflammation and mast cells

S Oottamasathien, W Jia, LMC Roundy, J Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Purpose We established the physiological relevance of LL-37 induced bladder
inflammation. We hypothesized that 1) human urinary LL-37 is increased in pediatric …

Tryptase activation of immortalized human urothelial cell mitogen-activated protein kinase

JO Marentette, PJ Hauser, RE Hurst, DJ Klumpp… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The pathogenesis of interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) is multifactorial,
but likely involves urothelial cell dysfunction and mast cell accumulation in the bladder wall …

Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome (IC/PBS) Dilemmas in Diagnosis & Treatment

N Nath Mishra - Current Women's Health Reviews, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome is a controversial chronic disease
characterized by pain, urgency and frequency. Patients with severe symptoms have a very …

[PDF][PDF] 经尿道膀胱腔内神经阻滞注射治疗女性间质性膀胱炎的疗效分析

刘智勇, 王磊, 程欣, 盛夏, 万蓬… - 微创泌尿 …, 2013 - journal20.magtechjournal.com
目的: 分析探讨采用经尿道膀胱腔内神经阻滞注射方式治疗间质性膀胱炎的有效性和可行性.
方法: 分析回顾2010 年7 月~ 2011 年11 月收治的女性间质性膀胱炎患者16 例临床资料 …