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Title: Insight and Resources From a Study of the "Impact of Sex, Androgens, and Prostate Size on C57BL/6J Mouse Urinary Physiology.

Authors: Ruetten, Hannah; Wegner, Kyle A; Zhang, Helen L; Wang, Peiqing; Sandhu, Jaskiran; Sandhu, Simran; Morkrid, Jacquelyn; Mueller, Brett; Wang, Zunyi; Macoska, Jill; Peterson, Richard E; Bjorling, Dale E; Ricke, William A; Marker, Paul C; Vezina, Chad M

Published In Toxicol Pathol, (2019 12)

Abstract: The purpose of this symposium report is to summarize information from a session 3 oral presentation at the Society of Toxicologic Pathology Annual Symposium in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mice are genetically tractable and are likely to play an important role in elucidating environmental, genetic, and aging-related mechanisms of urinary dysfunction in men. We and others have made significant strides in developing quantitative methods for assessing mouse urinary function and our collaborators recently showed that aging male mice, like men, develop urinary dysfunction. Yet, it remains unclear how mouse prostate anatomy and histology relate to urinary function. The purpose of this report is to share foundational resources for evaluating mouse prostate histology and urinary physiology from our recent publication "Impact of Sex, Androgens, and Prostate Size on C57BL/6J Mouse Urinary Physiology: Functional Assessment." We will begin with a review of prostatic embryology in men and mice, then move to comparative histology resources, and conclude with quantitative measures of rodent urinary physiology.

PubMed ID: 31662055 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Aging/physiology; Androgens/metabolism*; Animals; Congresses as Topic; Humans; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Organ Size/physiology; Organogenesis/physiology*; Prostate/anatomy & histology; Prostate/embryology*; Prostate/metabolism; Species Specificity; Urinary Bladder/anatomy & histology; Urinary Bladder/metabolism; Urinary Bladder/physiology*; Urinary Tract Physiological Phenomena*

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