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Elevated epithelial expression of interleukin-8 correlates with myofibroblast reactive stroma in benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Urology - 1 Jul 2008
Schauer Isaiah G, Ressler Steven J, Tuxhorn Jennifer A, Dang Truong D, Rowley David R
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OBJECTIVES: Numerous inflammatory diseases display elevated interleukin (IL)-8, and most are associated with a reactive stroma. IL-8 expression is also elevated in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), yet little is known about reactive stroma in BPH. Whether a reactive stroma response exists in BPH, whether this correlates with elevated IL-8, and whether IL-8 can induce a reactive stroma phenotype have not been...
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