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Item The co-localization of tissue kallikrein and transforming growth factor - beta 1 in the non-cancerous and cancerous kidney(2003) Moodley, Rumesha; Bhoola, K. D.Evidence suggests that the induction of tissue kallikrein, and the subsequently formed kinins, enhances proliferation of tumour cells because of their mitogenic property. Additionally, the kinin peptides are believed to promote the invasion of normal tissue by tumour cells. TGF-l is a potent inhibitor of the growth of renal epithelial cells, and is a classical anti-mitogen, which is central to many of its antiproliferative effects. No studies thus far have been performed, as to whether the proposed anti-mitogenesis ofTGF-1 has a regulatory effect on the cell proliferative action of kinins on renal epithelial and carcinoma cells.Item The role of tissue kallikrein in helicobacter pylori-associated gastric disease(1999) Naidoo, Strinivasen; Bhoola, K. D.Today, the number one income-generating drugs are remedies prescribed for gastric disorders, in particular dyspepsia. These clinical conditions have a multi-faceted aetiology and pathology of dysfunction. One likely causal factor is the entero-pathogen Helicobacter pylori. It has been shown to be more than just a commensal related to gastric diseases like dyspepsia (80-90% incidence) and duodenal ulcer sufferers (100% incidence), with a total estimated world-wide population infection of 50%. The current therapy offered to dyspepsia sufferers is a triple regimen of an anti-bacterial, an Ir proton-pump inhibitor, and bismuth colloidal salts.