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Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2024)

In 2024, many TAU authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspective and insightful view as authors.

Reviewer of the Month (2024)

In 2024, TAU reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

TAU Annual Report 2023

We are glad to present the 2023 Annual Report of TAU here. Since TAU was launched, TAU articles have been cited 11,320 times by articles indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. TAU continues to publish cutting-edge research covering the whole spectrum of andrology and urology.

New Impact Factor for Translational Andrology and Urology: 2

We are pleased to announce that the Translational Andrology and Urology (TAU) has attained its latest impact factor update for the 2022 citation year: 2.

Here, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our Editorial Team Members, Guest Editors, authors, and reviewers for their valuable contributions.

Translational Andrology and Urology 2022 CiteScore Released: 3.4

We are pleased to announce that the Translational Andrology and Urology (TAU) has received its 2022 CiteScore: 3.4, ranking 41 out of 107 journals in the Urology category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

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Vol 13, No 5 (May, 2024)

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Original Article

Whole body vibration training promotes proprioceptive pathway for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in rats

Chengyu Zhou, Liping Zhu, Zhaoxue Liu, Yao Tong, Yuting Xu, Li Jiang, Xuhong Li

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Nomogram including renal pelvic pressure to predict the occurrence of urosepsis following percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a dual center retrospective study of 1,448 patients

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Jiayu Huang, Tianyou Zhang, Jiahui Mo, Lei Ye, Wenwen Zhong, Dazheng Xu, Zhenzhu Song, Jihua Liu, Dongliang Liu, Yiran Tao, Dejuan Wang, Jianguang Qiu

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Is erectile dysfunction genetically associated with psoriasis?

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Zhiyong Wu, Caiyue Liu, Yubing Peng, Feng Zhou, Bin Xu, Yingfan Zhang, Zhongliang Hu, Mujun Lu

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Pediatric urothelial cancer: a cross-sectional descriptive analysis of the National Cancer Database

Rafael Tua-Caraccia, Leonid I. Aksenov, Rebecca J. Fairchild, Harold Leraas, Kristen Rhodin, Elisabeth T. Tracy, Jonathan C. Routh

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A novel nomogram to predict testicular torsion in children with acute scrotal pain: a single-center retrospective study in western China

Chenghao Zhanghuang, Jinkui Wang, Yu Hang, Fengming Ji, Zhigang Yao, Rui Mao, Zhiwei Wang, Guiping Yao, Ling Liu, Bing Yan

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Comparison of the monoexponential and biexponential models of diffusion-weighted magnetic imaging in grading clear-cell renal cell carcinoma: a case-control study

Jinfeng Cao, Jinye Dong, Ge Su, Baohua Zhang, Lingchen Zhu, Min Wang, Qilin Li, Lesong Zhang, Dejian Wang, Xin Luo

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Construction of early warning classification of risk in bladder spasm and its intervention plans guided by the rate adjustment card of continuous bladder irrigation after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP): development and usability study

Zheng-Zheng Ma, Dan-Dan Yang, Mei-E Niu, Xiang-Min Lu, Yan-Ting Du, Peter Chin, Yan-Hong Ding, Chun-Ya Qian

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Exploring the microRNA-mRNA regulatory network associated with solasonine in bladder cancer

Kun Fang, Da-Lang Fang, Hui Yu, Yu-Ang Chen, Pei-Ze Yu, Zi-Fan Wang, Rui-Bin Zhang, Wen Yang, Lei Tao, Hiroshi Fukushima, Yang Dong, Cong-Hui Han

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Brief Report

Preliminary experience with lost mini percutaneous nephrostomy channel retrieval by methylene blue injection

Lin Xiong, Kristine J. S. Kwan, Xiang Xu, Geng-Geng Wei, Zhen-Quan Lu

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Review Article

Emerging strategies for the prevention of bacterial biofilm in prosthetic surgery

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Refined step-by-step narrative review of robotic radical nephroureterectomy in the management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma

Timothy K. O’Rourke Jr, Parth U. Thakker, Ashok K. Hemal

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Artificial urinary sphincter erosion and infection: a contemporary review of perioperative considerations and management

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Case Report

Small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer with adenocarcinoma components—case report and literature review

Nastasiia Artamonova, Angela Djanani, Andreas Schmiederer, Iris Pipp, Eva Compérat, Gianpaolo di Santo, Friedrich Aigner, Andreas von der Heidt, Isabel Heidegger

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Editorial Commentary

Evaluating the efficacy of artificial intelligence chatbots in urological health: insights for urologists on patient interactions with large language models

Benjamin D. Simon, David G. Gelikman, Baris Turkbey

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Rucaparib monotherapy in the heavily pre-treated metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer setting: practical considerations and alternate treatment approaches

Rashid K. Sayyid, Rui Bernardino, Julian Chavarriaga, Alexandra Gleave, Ravi Kumar, Neil E. Fleshner

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Helpful tool or blunt instrument?—the European Association of Urology Biochemical Recurrence Risk Classification as a decision-making tool for salvage radiotherapy

Rohann J. M. Correa, Lucas C. Mendez

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Radiohybrid prostate-specific membrane antigen ligand: new frontier in prostate cancer imaging and therapy

Kamran Masood, Joseph R. Steiner, Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Zuzan Cayci

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Editorial on large language models

Christopher M. Deibert

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Modifying and personalizing prostate cancer screening

Alexandra Stone, Hanan Goldberg

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Combination therapies targeting different aspects of tumor biology for patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma

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About metformin and its action on the mitochondrial respiratory chain in prostate cancer

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The role of cytoreductive nephrectomy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the modern era

Gliceida M. Galarza Fortuna, Benjamin L. Maughan

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Letter to the Editor

Could menopause drug fezolinetant show promise for vasomotor symptoms associated with androgen deprivation therapy?

Kirby R. Qin, Eveline Mertens, Jake A. Tempo, Marlon Perera, Janelle Brennan

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Original Article

Surgical treatment of Peyronie’s disease by modified 16-dot placation in China

Wen Ji Li, Haijun Yao, Ke Zhang, Zhikang Cai, Jun Da, Mingxi Xu, Zhong Wang

Does normalizing PSA after successful treatment of chronic prostatitis with high PSA value exclude prostatic biopsy?

Sherif Azab, Ayman Osama, Mona Rafaat

Review Article

Strategies for maintaining penile size following penile implant

King Chien Joe Lee, Gerald B. Brock

Phalloplasty for the genetic male

Giulio Garaffa, Gabriele Antonini, Vincenzo Gentile, David J. Ralph

Exogenous testosterone: a preventable cause of male infertility

Lindsey E. Crosnoe, Ethan Grober, Dana Ohl, Edward D. Kim

Premature ejaculation: do we have effective therapy?

Ege Can Serefoglu, Theodore R. Saitz, Landon Trost, Wayne J.G. Hellstrom

Peyronie’s disease: current therapy

Clay M. Pendleton, Run Wang

Expert Opinions on Challenging Cases

Commentary on the myths of Peyronie’s disease

Alex K Wu, Tom F Lue

Commentary

Randall plaque versus renal stone?

Thomas Chi, Joe Miller, Marshall L. Stoller

Podium Lecture

PL 03. Male sexual function before and after urethral stricture surgery

Hong Li

Original Article

Overall satisfaction, sexual function, and the durability of neophallus dimensions following staged female to male genital gender confirming surgery: the Institute of Urology, London U.K. experience

Maurice M. Garcia, Nim A. Christopher, Francesco De Luca, Marco Spilotros, David J. Ralph

The efficacy of resiniferatoxin in prevention of catheter related bladder discomfort in patients after TURP - A pilot, randomized, open study

Ning Zhang, Peng Zhang, Xiaodong Zhang, Yong Yang

Review Article

Reactive oxygen species, inflammation and calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis

Saeed R. Khan

Mechanisms of resistance in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)

Thenappan Chandrasekar, Joy C. Yang, Allen C. Gao, Christopher P. Evans

Inflammation in prostate cancer progression and therapeutic targeting

Timothy Stark, Lydia Livas, Natasha Kyprianou

The current and future role of magnetic resonance imaging in prostate cancer detection and management

Jan Philipp Radtke, Dogu Teber, Markus Hohenfellner, Boris A. Hadaschik

Pelvic radiotherapy and sexual function in women

Pernille Tine Jensen, Ligita Paskeviciute Froeding

Active surveillance and focal therapy for low-intermediate risk prostate cancer

Laurence Klotz

Future perspectives of prostate cancer therapy

Murali Gururajan, Edwin M. Posadas, Leland W. K. Chung

Upper urinary tract disease: what we know today and unmet needs

Romain Mathieu, Karim Bensalah, Ilaria Lucca, Aurélie Mbeutcha, Morgan Rouprêt, Shahrokh F. Shariat

Review Articles

Decoding the androgen receptor splice variants

Changxue Lu, Jun Luo

Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in prostate growth and tumor progression

Campbell M. Grant, Natasha Kyprianou

Steroid hormone synthetic pathways in prostate cancer

Elahe A. Mostaghel

Androgen receptor gene mutation, rearrangement, polymorphism

Kurtis Eisermann, Dan Wang, Yifeng Jing, Laura E. Pascal, Zhou Wang

Androgen receptor-mediated non-genomic regulation of prostate cancer cell proliferation

Ross S. Liao, Shihong Ma, Lu Miao, Rui Li, Yi Yin, Ganesh V. Raj

Androgen receptor genomic regulation

Hong-Jian Jin, Jung Kim, Jindan Yu

Near-infrared fluorescence and nuclear imaging and targeting of prostate cancer

Jason Wu, Dongfeng Pan, Leland W.K. Chung

Current clinical challenges in prostate cancer

Jonathan L. Silberstein, Sumanta Kumar Pal, Brian Lewis, Oliver Sartor

Mini-Review

Epidemiology of urethral strictures

Amjad Alwaal, Sarah D. Blaschko, Jack W. McAninch, Benjamin N. Breyer

Guideline

Clinical utility of sperm DNA fragmentation testing: practice recommendations based on clinical scenarios

Ashok Agarwal, Ahmad Majzoub, Sandro C. Esteves, Edmund Ko, Ranjith Ramasamy, Armand Zini

Original Article

Overall satisfaction, sexual function, and the durability of neophallus dimensions following staged female to male genital gender confirming surgery: the Institute of Urology, London U.K. experience

Maurice M. Garcia, Nim A. Christopher, Francesco De Luca, Marco Spilotros, David J. Ralph

Incidence of urinary extravasation and rate of ureteral stenting after high-grade renal trauma in adults: a meta-analysis

Sorena Keihani, Ross E. Anderson, Michelle Fiander, Mary M. McFarland, Gregory J. Stoddard, James M. Hotaling, Jeremy B. Myers

Safety and efficacy of daily Revactin^® in men with erectile dysfunction: a 3-month pilot study

Sabine Nguyen, Jacob Rajfer, Magda Shaheen

Review Article

Future perspectives of prostate cancer therapy

Murali Gururajan, Edwin M. Posadas, Leland W. K. Chung

Small RNA and its application in andrology and urology

Ji Wang, Long-Cheng Li

TGF-β mediated DNA methylation in prostate cancer

Chung Lee, Qiang Zhang, Xaolin Zi, Atreya Dash, Marcelo B Soares, Farahnaz Rahmatpanah, Zhenyu Jia, Michael McClelland, Dan Mercola

Cystine nephrolithiasis

Hasan Fattah, Yasmin Hambaroush, David S. Goldfarb

Kidney stone risk following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery

Benjamin K. Canales, Ricardo D. Gonzalez

Reactive oxygen species, inflammation and calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis

Saeed R. Khan

Outlining the limits of partial nephrectomy

Sameer Chopra, Raj Satkunasivam, Chandan Kundavaram, Gangning Liang, Inderbir S. Gill

Mechanisms of resistance in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)

Thenappan Chandrasekar, Joy C. Yang, Allen C. Gao, Christopher P. Evans

Prostate cancer metastasis: roles of recruitment and reprogramming, cell signal network and three-dimensional growth characteristics

Shabnam Ziaee, Gina Chia-Yi Chu, Jen-Ming Huang, Shirly Sieh, Leland W. K. Chung

Inflammation in prostate cancer progression and therapeutic targeting

Timothy Stark, Lydia Livas, Natasha Kyprianou

Sympathetic nervous system and chronic bladder pain: a new tune for an old song

Ana Charrua, Rui Pinto, Lori Ann Birder, Francisco Cruz

Angiogenic factors, bladder neuroplasticity and interstitial cystitis—new pathobiological insights

Ricardo Saban

Increased bladder permeability in interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome

Robert E. Hurst, Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld, Amy B. Wisniewski, Samuel VanGordon, Hsueh Kung Lin, Bradley P. Kropp, Rheal A. Towner

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based radiomics for prostate cancer radiotherapy

Fei Yang, John C. Ford, Nesrin Dogan, Kyle R. Padgett, Adrian L. Breto, Matthew C. Abramowitz, Alan Dal Pra, Alan Pollack, Radka Stoyanova

Editorial

PIVOT and the challenges of localized prostate cancer care

Aviva E. Weinberg, James D. Brooks

Research Highlights

Enzalutamide: the emperor of all anti-androgens

Emmanuel S. Antonarakis

Review Articles

Androgen receptor gene mutation, rearrangement, polymorphism

Kurtis Eisermann, Dan Wang, Yifeng Jing, Laura E. Pascal, Zhou Wang

Androgen receptor epigenetics

Changmeng Cai, Xin Yuan, Steven P. Balk

Androgen receptor genomic regulation

Hong-Jian Jin, Jung Kim, Jindan Yu

Decoding the androgen receptor splice variants

Changxue Lu, Jun Luo

Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in prostate growth and tumor progression

Campbell M. Grant, Natasha Kyprianou

Steroid hormone synthetic pathways in prostate cancer

Elahe A. Mostaghel

Near-infrared fluorescence and nuclear imaging and targeting of prostate cancer

Jason Wu, Dongfeng Pan, Leland W.K. Chung

Mini-Review

Multi-peptide immunotherapeutic vaccine for renal cell carcinoma: getting the troops all worked up

Published online: 09 June 2023

Review Article

Adjustable continence therapy (ProACT/ACTTM) with periurethral balloons for treatment of stress urinary incontinence: a narrative review

Stefan den Hoedt, Bertil F. M. Blok

Published online: 31 May 2023

Journal Highlight more

Translational Andrology and Urology (Print ISSN 2223-4683; Online ISSN 2223-4691; Transl Androl Urol; TAU) is an open access, peer-reviewed, bi-monthly journal that covers various aspects in diseases of male and female urinary tract including kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra and the male reproductive organs like penis, testes, scrotum, prostate etc.