...Nitin Sharma; Billy Hamilton Cordon; Jean Francois Eid Objectives: The study aims to evaluate the outcomes of adult circumcision with the use of intracavernosal injection (ICI) of prostaglandin to induce an erection at time of operation. Methods: Twenty patients undergoing circumcision received ICI...

...Hiromitsu Mimata; Tatsuhiko Tanigawa; Masazumi Takeshita; Yoshio Nomura; Jiro Ogata The regulation of prostaglandin (PG) synthesis was characterized in microsomes of bovine bladder epithelium. Coenzyme A (CoA) and its metabolite cysteamine drastically decreased total PG synthesis. Furthermore, CoA...

...Haruo Ito; Tadashi Kotake; Kazushi Nomura Buck and co-workers presented the hypothesis that the initiating factor of stone formation triggers the mechanisms for prostaglandin synthesis, resulting in the biochemical abnormalities associated with stone disease. In order to test this hypothesis, we...

..., aneurysmectomy in addition to left renal biopsy (first surgery) was performed. This vascular operation led to a virtually complete renal artery stenosis concomitant with the development of hypertension. The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and levels of plasma prostaglandins were also increased following...