With the advance in genome-wide analyses, genetic alternations have been found to play an important role in carcinogenesis and aggressiveness of UC. Through bioinformatic analysis of gene expression p...
The expression of ZSCAN4 was evaluated by immunohistochemistry in 340 upper urinary tract urothelial carcinomas (UTUCs) and 295 UBUCs. The expression profiles of ZSCAN4 and potential signaling pathway...
In UTUC, low expression of ZSCAN4 was significantly associated with advanced primary pT stage (P = 0.011), increased nodal metastasis (P = 0.002) and increased vascular invasion (P = 0.019). In UBUC, ...
Low expression of ZSCAN4 predicted worse outcome in urothelial carcinoma and might have potential regulatory role in cell mitosis....
Urinary extracellular vesicles (uEVs) secreted from bladder cancer contain cancer-specific proteins that are potential diagnostic biomarkers. We identified and evaluated a uEV-based protein biomarker ...
Biomarker candidates, selected by shotgun proteomics, were validated using targeted proteomics of uEVs obtained from 49 patients with and 48 individuals without bladder cancer, including patients with...
Thirteen membrane proteins were significantly upregulated in the uEVs from patients with bladder cancer in shotgun proteomics. Among them, eight proteins were validated by target proteomics, and Ephri...
We established EV-EphA2-CD9 ELISA for uEV-EphA2 detection for the non-invasive early clinical diagnosis of bladder cancer....
To analyse the safety and efficacy of Thulium laser en bloc enucleation of bladder tumour (ThuLEBT) in comparison to transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT) for treatment of non-muscle invasiv...
Prospective observational study involving 30 patients in each group of ThuLEBT and TURBT admitted in tertiary care centre from 1st January 2021 to December 2021....
Significant difference was found in terms of less operative time (...
ThuLEBT is an efficient and safe treatment for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer and it can be a better alternative choice in place of TURBT....
Early detection of primary bladder cancer (BCa) is vital, because stage and grade have been generally accepted not only as categorical but also as prognostic factors in patients with BCa. The widely a...
The occurrence of intravesical condylomata acuminata has been described as a fairly uncommon, benign epithelial lesion. Reports on progression into a muscle-invasive carcinoma of the bladder are rare....
We present the case of a 68-year-old man who had a history of intravesical condylomata acuminata over several years and developed a muscle-invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder. Having under...
The carcinogenic potency of the human papilloma virus is well known for carcinomas of the male and female genitals. The occurrence of intravesical condylomata is rare. They are commonly perceived as b...
The diagnosis of intravesical condylomata acuminata requires stringent urologic follow-up examinations including biopsy of suspicious lesions and stage-appropriate surgical management in the case of a...
We sought to investigate the change in the urinary microbiome profile after transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT)....
Urine specimens were collected from consecutive patients with bladder cancer. Patients were divided into those with bladder tumors ("Tumor group": de novo tumors or recurrent/progressed after TURBT ± ...
Sixty-eight samples were analyzed (42 in "Tumor" vs 26 in "No Recurrent Tumor" groups). The median age was 70 years (IQR 64-74) and 85% were males. All patients in the "No Recurrent Tumor" group had n...
Bladder cancer patients with no recurrence and/or progression exhibited a different urinary microbiome profile compared to those with tumors....
To detect the expression level of urinary exosomal lncRNA SNHG16 in patients with bladder cancer and healthy individuals and explore its clinical application value in the diagnosis of bladder cancer....
Urine samples were collected from 42 patients with bladder cancer and 42 healthy volunteers who visited Lu'an Hospital of Anhui Medical University and the Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University...
The expression of urinary exosomal lncRNA SNHG16 in patients with bladder cancer was significantly higher (P < 0.05), and the expression level had no correlation with the age, sex, pathological T stag...
Urinary exosomal lncRNA SNHG16 with high expression can serve as a potential diagnostic biological marker for bladder cancer....
Particulate matter and volatile organic compounds, including total hydrocarbons (THCs), are major ambient air pollutants. Primary nonmethane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) originate from vehicle emissions. The ...
Recent interest in noninvasive diagnostic approaches has highlighted the potential of urinary microbiota as a novel biomarker for bladder cancer. This study investigated the urinary microbiota of 30 b...
Bladder cancer (BC) is among the most common cancers diagnosed in men in the USA. The current gold standards for the diagnosis of BC are invasive or lack the sensitivity to correctly identify the dise...
An aptamer-based screen analyzed the expression of 1317 proteins in BC compared to urology clinic controls. The top hits were subjected to systems biology analyses. Next, 30 urine proteins were ELISA-...
Systems biology analysis implicated molecular functions related to the extracellular matrix, collagen, integrin, heparin, and transmembrane tyrosine kinase signaling in BC susceptibility, with HNF4A a...
Given the high sensitivity (97%) of urine D-dimer for BC, it may have a role in the initial diagnosis or detection of cancer recurrence. On the other hand, urine IL-8 and IgA may have the potential in...