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- Title
In vitro Simulation of Thermotherapy for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia by Fourier Transform Infrared Microspectroscopy Combined with Differential Scanning Calorimetry.
- Authors
Lin, Shan-Yang; Hsu, Hueih-Shing; Lin, Alex Tong-Long; Liang, Run-Chu
- Abstract
Thermo-dependent changes in the secondary structure of the epithelium and stroma of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) were investigated by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) microspectroscopy combined with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). This microscopic FT-IR/DSC system was used to simulate transurethral thermotherapy for BPH in vitro. The results indicate that thermal-induced conversion from an α helix to a β structure was found in the epithelium and stroma of BPH. However, this thermal-induced conversion behavior in the stroma was less sensitive than that in the epithelium during thermal treatment. The different thermal response between the epithelium and stroma of BPH might be due to the different constitutions of the epithelium and stroma of BPH. Copyright © 1997 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
Urologia Internationalis, 1997, Vol 59, Issue 3, p161
- ISSN
0042-1138
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000283053