...Yan Wang; Kunjie Wang; Hong Li; Lin Chen; Feng Xu; Tao Wu Objectives: To cultivate primary human bladder smooth muscle cells (hBSMCs) in vitro and to study the influences of different sustained hydrostatic pressures upon hBSMCs in terms of cell proliferation and expression of gap-junction connexin...

...R. Stiens; B. Helpap The rat prostate was used to investigate cell loss (numeric atrophy) and altered cell proliferation after castration. Cell loss was determined by the proportion of apoptotic bodies. The apoptotic index was considerable and reached a maximum in the coagulating gland on day 2...

... of proliferation in prostate stromal and epithelial cells. In situ apoptotic DNA fragmentation was evaluated using TUNEL assay. Results: All treatment groups had no significant changes in the rate of prostate stromal and epithelial cell proliferation. Epithelial apoptotic index (AI) was not statistically...

... and d Urology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, and e Department of Urology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Key Words 5·-Reductase iso-enzymes Androgen receptors Prostate-specific antigen Cell proliferation Benign prostatic hyperplasia Co-culture...