... peroxidase) was used to test the expression of TGF-β1 and nNOS in the junctions. RT-PCR detected mRNA expression of TGF-β1. Results: We observed serious hydronephrosis in group B and moderate hydronephrosis in group C, but not in group A. We also observed large pathological changes in group B, but little...

...Benkang Shi; Yaofeng Zhu; Vincent Laudon; Lingxia Ran; Yuqiang Liu; Zhishun Xu Objectives: To investigate the alterations of urine transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) following bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) in rats and to determine their correlation...

...Yaofeng Zhu; Benkang Shi; Zhishun Xu; Yuqiang Liu; Keqin Zhang; Yongzhi Li; Haifeng Wang Background: Transforming growth factor-β 1 (TGF-β 1) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) are the two most important growth factors that have been found. Previous studies have indicated that the above two...

... to the development of new markers. Materials and Methods: The level of latent transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) was measured in plasma samples by ELISA. These samples were collected from patients with RCC before they underwent radical nephrectomy, from patients 1 h after extracorporeal lithotripsy, from...