A systematic review of therapeutic approaches used in experimental models of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome

Kuret, Tadeja (author), Peskar, Dominika (author), Erman, Andreja (author), Veranič, Peter (author)

Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a multifactorial, chronic bladder disorder with limited therapeutic options currently available. The present review provides an extensive overview of therapeutic approaches used in in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo experimental models of IC/BPS. Publications were identified by electronic search of three online databases. Data were extracted for study design, type of treatment, main findings, and outcome, as well as for methodological quality and the reporting of measures to avoid bias. A total of 100 full-text articles were included. The majority of identified articles evaluated therapeutic agents currently recommended to treat IC/BPS by the American Urological Association guidelines (21%) and therapeutic agents currently approved to treat other diseases (11%). More recently published articles assessed therapeutic approaches using stem cells (11%) and plant-derived agents (10%), while novel potential drug targets identified were proteinase-activated (6%) and purinergic (4%) receptors, transient receptor potential channels (3%), microRNAs (2%), and activation of the cannabinoid system (7%). Our results show that the reported methodological quality of animal studies could be substantially improved, and measures to avoid bias should be more consistently reported in order to increase the value of preclinical research in IC/BPS for potential translation to a clinical setting.

• Language: English
• Keywords: interstitial cystitis, bladder pain syndrome, therapeutic approaches, experimental models, in vitro, ex vivo, in vivo
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: MF - Faculty of Medicine
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: 23 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 9, iss. 8, art. 865
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-135958
• UDC: 616.6
• ISSN on article: 2227-9059
• DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9080865
• COBISS.SI-ID: 71570179
• Publication date in RUL: 05.04.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Biomedicines
• Shortened title: Biomedicines
• Publisher: MDPI AG
• ISSN: 2227-9059
• COBISS.SI-ID: 523006745

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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• Licensing start date: 01.08.2021

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: intersticijski cistitis, bolečine v mehurju, terapevtski pristopi