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Department of Urology

Laurence S. Baskin, MD

Recent Publications

Publications – 2008

Aaronson, D.S., S.A. Siddiqui, Y. Reinberg, and L.S. Baskin, Relative Contraindication to Endoscopic Subureteral Injection for Vesicoureteral Reflux: Congenital Refluxing Megaureter with Distal Aperistaltic Segment. Urology, 2008.
 

Publications – 2007

Agras, K., Y. Shiroyanagi, and L.S. Baskin, Progesterone receptors in the developing genital tubercle: implications for the endocrine disruptor hypothesis as the etiology of hypospadias. J Urol, 2007. 178(2): p. 722-7.
Agras, K., E. Willingham, Y. Shiroyanagi, P. Minasi, and L.S. Baskin, Estrogen Receptor-alpha and beta are Differentially Distributed, Expressed and Activated in the Fetal Genital Tubercle. J Urol, 2007. 177(6): p. 2386-2392.
Cavalcanti, A.G., W.S. Costa, L.S. Baskin, J.A. McAninch, and F.J. Sampaio, A morphometric analysis of bulbar urethral strictures. BJU Int, 2007. 100(2): p. 397-402.
Hsieh, M.H., E.C. Grantham, B. Liu, R. Macapagal, E. Willingham, and L.S. Baskin, In utero exposure to benzophenone-2 causes hypospadias through an estrogen receptor dependent mechanism. J Urol, 2007. 178(4 Pt 2): p. 1637-42.
Hsieh, M.H., H.S. Swana, L.S. Baskin, and M.V. Meng, Cost-utility analysis of treatment algorithms for moderate grade vesicoureteral reflux using Markov models. J Urol, 2007. 177(2): p. 703-9; discussion 709.
Liu, B., G. Lin, E. Willingham, H. Ning, C.S. Lin, T.F. Lue, and L.S. Baskin, Estradiol upregulates activating transcription factor 3, a candidate gene in the etiology of hypospadias. Pediatr Dev Pathol, 2007. 10(6): p. 446-54.
Shiroyanagi, Y., B. Liu, M. Cao, K. Agras, J. Li, M.H. Hsieh, E.J. Willingham, and L.S. Baskin, Urothelial sonic hedgehog signaling plays an important role in bladder smooth muscle formation. Differentiation, 2007.
Vilela, M.L., E. Willingham, J. Buckley, B.C. Liu, K. Agras, Y. Shiroyanagi, and L.S. Baskin, Endocrine disruptors and hypospadias: role of genistein and the fungicide vinclozolin. Urology, 2007. 70(3): p. 618-21.
Wang, Z., B.C. Liu, G.T. Lin, C.S. Lin, T.F. Lue, E. Willingham, and L.S. Baskin, Up-regulation of estrogen responsive genes in hypospadias: microarray analysis. J Urol, 2007. 177(5): p. 1939-46.
Willingham, E. and L.S. Baskin, Candidate genes and their response to environmental agents in the etiology of hypospadias. Nat Clin Pract Urol, 2007. 4(5): p. 270-9.
Yong, W., Z. Yang, S. Periyasamy, H. Chen, S. Yucel, W. Li, L.Y. Lin, I.M. Wolf, M.J. Cohn, L.S. Baskin, E.R. Sanchez, and W. Shou, Essential role for Co-chaperone Fkbp52 but not Fkbp51 in androgen receptor-mediated signaling and physiology. J Biol Chem, 2007. 282(7): p. 5026-36.
 

Publications – 2006

Agras, K., E. Willingham, B. Liu, and L.S. Baskin, Ontogeny of androgen receptor and disruption of its mRNA expression by exogenous estrogens during morphogenesis of the genital tubercle. J Urol, 2006. 176(4 Pt 2): p. 1883-8.
Baskin, L.S., Editorial comment. Urology, 2006. 67(6): p. 1277.
Baskin, L.S. and M.B. Ebbers, Hypospadias: anatomy, etiology, and technique. J Pediatr Surg, 2006. 41(3): p. 463-72.
Baskin, L.S., S. Yucel, G.R. Cunha, S.E. Glickman, and N.J. Place, A neuroanatomical comparison of humans and spotted hyena, a natural animal model for common urogenital sinus: clinical reflections on feminizing genitoplasty. J Urol, 2006. 175(1): p. 276-83.
Blaschko, S.D., E.J. Willingham, and L.S. Baskin, Embryonic exposure to low-dose 17beta-estradiol decreases fetal mass sex specifically in male mice and does not cause hypospadias. J Investig Med, 2006. 54(8): p. 490-5.
Buckley, J., E. Willingham, K. Agras, and L.S. Baskin, Embryonic exposure to the fungicide vinclozolin causes virilization of females and alteration of progesterone receptor expression in vivo: an experimental study in mice. Environ Health, 2006. 5: p. 4.
Krishnan, A., A. de Souza, R. Konijeti, and L.S. Baskin, The anatomy and embryology of posterior urethral valves. J Urol, 2006. 175(4): p. 1214-20.
Krishnan, A., H. Swana, R. Mathias, and L.S. Baskin, Redo ureteroneocystostomy using an extravesical approach in pediatric renal transplant patients with reflux: a retrospective analysis and description of technique. J Urol, 2006. 176(4 Pt 1): p. 1582-7; discussion 1587.
Li, J., Y. Shiroyanagi, G. Lin, C. Haqq, C.S. Lin, T.F. Lue, E. Willingham, and L.S. Baskin, Serum response factor, its cofactors, and epithelial-mesenchymal signaling in urinary bladder smooth muscle formation. Differentiation, 2006. 74(1): p. 30-9.
Liu, B., K. Agras, E. Willingham, M.L. Vilela, and L.S. Baskin, Activating transcription factor 3 is estrogen-responsive in utero and upregulated during sexual differentiation. Horm Res, 2006. 65(5): p. 217-22.
Li, J., E. Willingham, and L.S. Baskin, Gene expression profiles in mouse urethral development. BJU Int, 2006. 98(4): p. 880-5.
Snodgrass, W.T., M.A. Koyle, L.S. Baskin, and A.A. Caldamone, Foreskin preservation in penile surgery. J Urol, 2006. 176(2): p. 711-4.
Willingham, E., K. Agras, A.E. de Souza, Jr., R. Konijeti, S. Yucel, W. Rickie, G.R. Cunha, and L.S. Baskin, Steroid receptors and mammalian penile development: an unexpected role for progesterone receptor? J Urol, 2006. 176(2): p. 728-33.
Willingham, E., K. Agras, M. Vilela, and L.S. Baskin, Loratadine exerts estrogen-like effects and disrupts penile development in the mouse. J Urol, 2006. 175(2): p. 723-6.