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9817307

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-23
pubmed:abstractText
Approximately 15% of patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction have endopyelotomy failure and require an additional surgical procedure to remove the obstruction. Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), a cytokine which stimulates mesenchymal cell proliferation and extracellular matrix deposition, increases in the renal pelvis in response to obstruction. However, TGF-beta also is implicated in smooth muscle regeneration and wound healing. To understand the pathophysiology of ureteropelvic junction obstruction and determine why endopyelotomy fails in some obstructed ureteropelvic junctions, TGF-beta expression in obstructed and normal ureteropelvic junction segments was compared.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-5347
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
160
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1991-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Endopyelotomy failure is associated with reduced transforming growth factor-beta.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article