CAIRIBU INVESTIGATORS IN ACTION

COLLABORATING FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN BENIGN UROLOGY

JULY 2026

Stay up to date with the latest research from the CAIRIBU Community. This edition highlights articles published by CAIRIBU-affiliated investigators in June and July 2026. Articles span a wide breadth of non-malignant urology research.

UROBIOME/INFECTION PUBLICATIONS

Urobiome analysis in interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome reveals nuanced differences associated with localized pain


Seth A Reasoner, Jamisha Francis, Mollie Gidney, Afia Amponsah, Brendan Frainey, Andrew Schrepf, A Grace Kelly, Anna M Ryden, Leslie J Crofford, Roger R Dmochowski, Maria Hadjifrangiskou, Lindsey C McKernan


PMID: 42322405 DOI: 10.1007/s00192-026-06716-2

Impact of sample processing method and volume on 16 S rRNA profiling of the urobiome


Sophie C Ramirez, Zachary J Lewis, Vanessa L Hale, Emily L Coffey


PMID: 42251288 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-026-05274-3

Design and methodology of a randomized clinical trial of prolonged daily antibiotic suppression with and without fulguration for uncomplicated recurrent urinary tract infections in women


Philippe E Zimmern, Colby E Souders, Bonnie C Prokesch, Kevin C Lutz, Nicole J De Nisco


PMID: 42180380 DOI: 10.64898/2026.05.11.26352945

L-fucose-dependent biofilm formation by Escherichia coli enhances polymicrobial interactions and antibiotic tolerance on urinary catheters


Steven M Taddei, Namrata Deka, Adam Marin, Benjamin C Hunt, L Beryl Guterman, Min Ma, Jun Qu, Chelsie E Armbruster


PMID: 42282683 DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.01.729324

KIDNEY STONE PUBLICATIONS

Visibly transparent, near-infrared absorbing nanofluids enable high-efficiency and safe laser lithotripsy


Qingsong Fan, Junqin Chen, Arpit Mishra, Megan Bock, Aaron Stewart, Catherine Cai, Judith Dominguez, Jiadong Liu, Yuanke Chen, Ronghui Wu, Ting-Hsuan Chen, Jiaoti Huang, Christine Payne, Micheal E Lipkin, Pei Zhong, Po-Chun Hsu


PMID: 42282581 DOI: 10.64898/2026.05.31.729132

LUTS PUBLICATIONS

Beyond the bladder: incontinence-specific, physical, and psychological contributors to sexual function in women with urinary incontinence


Nancy Yang, Abigail Shatkin-Margolis, Leslee L Subak, Margaret Chesney, Nadra E Lisha, Michael Schembri, A Lenore Ackerman, Alison J Huang


PMID: 42348866 DOI: 10.1093/jsxmed/qdag175

Altered epithelial differentiation in urethral stricture disease Is characterized by increased keratin 14, 6A, and 16 expression


Ethan Richmond, Bradley A Erickson, Matthew D Grimes


PMID: 42242392 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2026.05.022


Targeting fibrosis in the treatment of lower urinary tract dysfunction


Ajinkya R Limkar, Sophia M Vrba, Emily A Ricke, Zsuzsanna Fabry, Matthew S Lee, Kevin T McVary, William A Ricke


PMID: 42200686 DOI: 10.1002/path.70079

Lipid and foam cell accumulation as novel pathological features of benign prostatic hyperplasia


Dita Julianingsih, Samara V Silver, Thaissa Horne, Kasun Gunawardena, Savannah Ward, Alicia Malewska, Douglas Strand, Julius Nyalwidhe, Ilya Sobol, Petra Popovics


PMID: 42189968 DOI: 10.1002/pros.70195


TIAM1 drives prostatic branching phenotype and is a potential therapeutic target for benign prostatic hyperplasia


Hamed Khedmatgozar, Sayanika Dutta, Michael Dominguez, Murugananthkumar Raju, Girijesh Kumar Patel, Daniel Latour, Melanie K Johnson, Mohamed Fokar, Irfan Warraich, Allan Haynes Jr, Barry J Maurer, Werner de Riese, Luis Brandi, Robert J Matusik, Srinivas Nandana, Manisha Tripathi


PMID: 40392613 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.188062

Antifibrotic therapy for lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia


Ajinkya R Limkar, Kevin T McVary, William A Ricke, Matthew S Lee


PMID: 42174115 DOI: 10.1038/s41391-026-01119-2


Tamsulosin deprescribing for lower urinary tract symptoms in older men: a randomized clinical trial


Scott R Bauer, Stacey A Kenfield, Akinyemi Oni-Orisan, Michael G Shlipak, Kaiwei Lu, Natalie Rios, Robert Pearce, Joseph Harmon, Charles E McCulloch, Liusheng Huang, Michael A Steinman, Benjamin N Breyer


PMID: 42406401 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen2026.21639

PEDIATRIC UROLOGY PUBLICATIONS

Establishing a clinician-prioritized pediatric urology clinical research agenda in the United States


Lauren E Corona, Courtney S Streur, Jennifer J Ahn, Vinaya Bhatia, David I Chu, Timothy C Boswell, Emilie K Johnson, Kathleen M Kan, Antoine Khoury, Paul Kokorowski, Caleb P Nelson, Jonathan C Routh, Konrad M Szymanski, Briony K Varda, Anthony J Schaeffer, John K Weaver, Jonathan S Ellison


PMID: 42265023 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2026.106024

 

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ABOUT CAIRIBU

Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology


CAIRIBU is a community of NIDDK-funded U54 and P20 Urology Centers and K12 Institutional Career Development Programs whose overarching objectives are to address gaps in knowledge related to epidemiology, etiology, development, progression, and expression of non-malignant urologic conditions and to train the next generation of leaders in urology research. The CAIRIBU Interactions Core is the central coordinating body for the CAIRIBU Community.


Kristina L. Penniston, PhD, RD

PI, CAIRIBU U24 Interactions Core

(U24-DK127726)

penn@urology.wisc.edu

Dept. of Urology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI