Clinical, Laboratory Characteristics, and Treatment Outcomes of Histoplasmosis Among Patients Admitted to a Referral Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh.

Background: Histoplasmosis is a systemic mycosis caused by  (). Systemic involvement of histoplasmosis usually occurs in immune-compromised patients, patients with AIDS, or those taking immunosuppressive therapy. The present study aims to describe the clinical and laboratory characteristics and treatment outcome of histoplasmosis as the diagnosis is challenging and management protocol differs.

Prediction model for the risk of osteoporosis incorporating factors of disease history and living habits in physical examination of population in Chongqing, Southwest China: based on artificial neural network.

Background: Osteoporosis is a gradually recognized health problem with risks related to disease history and living habits. This study aims to establish the optimal prediction model by comparing the performance of four prediction models that incorporated disease history and living habits in predicting the risk of Osteoporosis in Chongqing adults.

Methods: We conduct a cross-sectional survey with convenience sampling in this study.

Nucleolar and Spindle Associated Protein 1 (NUSAP1) Promotes Bladder Cancer Progression Through the TGF-β Signaling Pathway.

Purpose: NUSAP1 has been reported to be involved in the progression of several types of cancer. However, its expression and exact role in bladder cancer (BLCA) remains elusive. The aim of this study was to determine the expression and role of NUSAP1 in BLCA.

Post ureteroscopic stone surgery ureteral strictures management: a retrospective study.

Purpose: To share experience in managing ureteral strictures following ureteroscopic lithotripsy.

Methods: Ninety five patients diagnosed as ureteral strictures after ureteroscopic lithotripsy between January 2013 and January 2018 were included. 53 received endourological treatment, 34 underwent reconstruction, 6 underwent nephrectomy for severe renal impairment, and 2 chose routine ureteral stent replacement.

Laparoscopic vesiculectomy for large seminal vesicle cystadenoma.

Cystadenomas of the seminal vesicles are extremely rare. Here, we report a large seminal vesicle cystadenoma. A 37-year-old man presented a 6-month history of haemospermia, 10 days of Lower Urinary Tract symptoms (LUTSs) and gross haematuria.

Starvation-induced autophagy promotes the invasion and migration of human bladder cancer cells via TGF-β1/Smad3-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition activation.

The biological characteristics of bladder cancer include enhanced invasion and migration, which are the main causes of death in patients. Starvation is a typical feature of the bladder cancer microenvironment and can induce autophagy. Autophagy has an important relationship with the invasion and migration of tumors.