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Microbes may be involved in the pathogenesis of interstitial cystitis (IC). Adenoviruses and BK virus (BKV) can infect epithelial cells in urinary bladder and they are causative agents for hemorrhagic cystitis. We therefore studied the presence of adenovirus and BKV genomes in urinary bladder tissue specimens of patients with IC using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and in situ hybridization (ISH). Controls were specimens from cases with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Nucleic acids were extracted from paraffin sections of the bladder tissue for PCR. Primers detecting all adenovirus types were used. In situ hybridization was carried out for the paraffin sections using digoxigenin-labeled DNA probes for adenovirus and BKV. The adenovirus DNA PCR was able to detect one to two infected cells/specimen. All the seven IC cases studied and six controls were negative for adenovirus DNA by PCR and ISH. The ISH test for BKV genomes was also considered negative in IC cases and controls. The specimens which were negative in PCR tests yielded a signal with β-globin primers, thus being amplifiable. We conclude that adenovirus and BKV do not play a major pathogenetic role in interstitial cystitis.
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Hukkanen, V., Haarala, M., Nurmi, M. et al. Viruses and interstitial cystitis: adenovirus genomes cannot be demonstrated in urinary bladder biopsies. Urol. Res. 24, 235–238 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295898
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