Publications by authors named "Jian-Bang Wang"
Objective: To evaluate the effect of transurethral plasmakinetic enucleation of the prostate (PKEP) with complete preservation of the urethral mucosa in the 11－1 o'clock position on urinary continence and erectile function in BPH patients.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data on 84 cases of BPH treated by traditional PKEP (group A, n = 48) or modified PKEP with complete preservation of the urethral mucosa in the 11－1 o'clock position (group B, n = 36) from January 2017 to December 2021. All the patients had sexual activities within three months preoperatively.
Autophagy, a conservative degradation process for long-lived and damaged proteins, participates in a variety of biological processes including obesity. However, the precise mechanism of action behind obesity-induced changes in autophagy still remains elusive. This study was designed to examine the role of the antioxidant catalase in high fat diet-induced changes in cardiac geometry and function as well as the underlying mechanism of action involved with a focus on autophagy.
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- - Vasonatrin peptide (VNP) is a new synthetic substance with known cardiovascular effects, but its impact on the nervous system, particularly on dopaminergic neurons, hasn't been well-studied.
- - In experiments, VNP was found to protect dopaminergic neurons from damage caused by MPP(+), significantly improving neuron survival and promoting axon growth and length.
- - The protective effects of VNP appear to be linked to an increase in cGMP levels and rely on specific cellular signaling pathways, suggesting it could be a potential treatment for neuron degeneration in Parkinson's disease.