Current Approaches to Research on Prostatic Function and Pathology

作者：Kenneth Purvis, Hallgeir Rui, Audun Attramadal, Kjell Johannes Tveter · 发表于：European Surgical Research · 年份：2008 · DOI：10.1159/000128627 · 被引用次数：9 · 研究领域：Hormonal and reproductive studies、Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment、Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research

This article describes some of the techniques and approaches currently in use in prostatic research which hopefully will provide new information and perspectives on the etiology of prostatic pathology. These techniques include a variety of methods for visualizing and quantitating protein hormone receptors, protein electrophoresis of prostatic tissue and fluids for protein markers, cell separation of the different cell populations of the prostate so that their interaction can be evaluated, and tests for the influence of low molecular weight peptides on prostatic function. Examples of the type of information which can be derived from each of the approaches are included and discussed.