5 results match your criteria: "University of Technology of Dresden[Affiliation]"

Neuropilins (NRPs) are cell surface glycoproteins that often act as co-receptors for plexins and VEGF family receptors. Neuropilin-2 (NRP2), a family member of NRPs, was shown to regulate autophagy and endocytic trafficking in cancer cells, a function distinctly different from its role as a co-receptor. WD Repeat and FYVE domain containing 1 (WDFY1)-protein acts downstream of NRP2 for this function.

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Purpose: To determine the effect of Palifermin (rHuKGF) on acute and late radiation effects in mouse urinary bladder.

Methods And Materials: Graded radiation doses were applied on day 0. Single subcutaneous injections of Palifermin (15 mg/kg) were given on day -2 or day +2.

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Radiation induced late damage to the barrier function of small blood vessels in mouse bladder.

J Urol

December 2006

Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, University of Technology of Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, D-01307 Dresden, Germany.

Purpose: We identified changes in vascular barrier function in relation to collagen deposition during the late radiation response of mouse bladders. In this study albumin leakage was assessed as a marker of blood vessel barrier disruption.

Materials And Methods: Female C3H/Neu mice were irradiated with a single dose of 20 Gy and sacrificed for (immuno) histological studies after 90, 120, 180, 240 and 360 days.

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Radiation-induced damage to mouse urothelial barrier.

Radiother Oncol

August 2006

Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, University of Technology of Dresden, Germany.

Purpose: To determine changes of the urothelial barrier during the early as well as late radiation response in mouse urinary bladder.

Materials And Methods: Groups of mice were irradiated with a single dose of 20Gy and sacrificed between days 0 and 360. Urothelial cell numbers were counted, and the fraction of urothelium with a positive immunohistochemical signal for uroplakin-III (UP-III) on the luminal surface of the bladder was defined.

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Purpose: We assessed the effect of irradiation on COX-2 expression in blood vessels of the mouse bladder wall during the early and late radiation response phases. Vasodilatation was quantified as an additional marker of inflammation related to COX-2 activity.

Materials And Methods: Female C3H/Neu mice were irradiated with a single dose of 20 Gy.

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