Publications 

1994

• Cheng, E.Y., Oyasu, R., Grayhack, J.T., and McVary, K.T.:  Reversed seromuscular grafts in the urinary tract in dogs.  J. Urol., 152(2):2252, 1994.

1996

• Cheng, E.Y., Grammatopoulos, T., Lee, C., Decker, R., Sensibar, J., Kaplan, W.E., Maizels, M., and Firlit, C.F.:  Angiotensin II and bFGF induce neonatal bladder stromal cell mitogenesis.  J. Urol., 156(2S):  593, 1996.
• Cheng, E.Y., Richards, I., and Kaplan, W.E.:  Bladder stimulation therapy improves bladder compliance: results from multi-institutional trial.  J. Urol., 156(2S):761, 1996.
• Cheng, E.Y., Richards, I., and Kaplan, W.E.:  Use of bladder stimulation in “high risk” patients.  J. Urol., 156(2S):749, 1996.

1997

• Cheng, E.Y., Lee, C., Decker, R., Sensibar, J., Lang, S., Kaplan, W.E., Maizels, M., and Firlit, C.F.:  Captopril (an inhibitor of angiotensin converting enzyme) inhibits obstructive changes in the neonatal rabbit bladder.  Urology, 50 (3):465, 1997.
• Palmer, L.S., Maizels, M., Kaplan, W.E., Firlit, C.F., and Cheng, E.Y.:  Urine levels of Transforming Growth Factor – beta 1 in children with ureteropelvic junction obstruction.  Urology, 50(5):769, 1997.
• Palmer, L.S., Lee, C., Decker, R.S., Lang, S., Kaplan, W.E., Firlit, C.F., and Cheng, E.Y.:  The effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition and angiotensin II receptor antagonism on the obstructed rat bladder.  J. Urol., 158:1100, 1997.

1999

• Cheng, E.Y., Lee, C., and Decker, R.S. Role of angiotensin II in bladder smooth muscle growth and function .  Adv. Exp. Med. Biol., 462: 183-191, 1999.
• Furness, P.D., Maizels, M., Han, S.W., Cohn, R.A., and Cheng, E.Y.: Elevated bladder urine concentration of transforming growth factor-beta 1 correlates with upper urinary tract obstruction in children. J.Urol., 162: 1033, 1999.
• Kropp, B.P., Zhang, Y.Y., Tomasek, J.J., Cowan, R., Furness, P.D., Vaughan, M.B., Parizi, M., and  Cheng, E.Y.: Characterization of cultured bladder smooth muscle cells: assessment of in vitro contractility.  J. Urol.  162: 1779, 1999.

2000

• Cheng, E.Y. Cellular factors and the obstructed bladder. J. Urol., 164(4), 1334-5, 2000.
• Zhang, Y., Kropp, B.P., Moore P., Cowan, R., Furness, P.D., Kolligian, M.E., Frey P., and Cheng, E.Y. Coculture of bladder urothelial and smooth muscle cells on small intestinal submucosa: potential applications for tissue engineering technology .J. Urol., 164(3 Pt 2), 928-34, discussion 934-5, 2000.
• Cheng, E.Y. and Kropp, B.P. Urologic tissue engineering with small-intestinal submucosa: potential clinical applications. World J. Urol., 18(1), 26-30, 2000.
• Bankhead, R.W., Kropp, B. P. and Cheng, E.Y. Evaluation and treatment of children with neurogenic bladders. J. Child Neurol., 15(3), 141-9, 2000.
• Kropp, B.P. and Cheng. E.Y. Bioengineering organs using small intestinal submucosa scaffolds: in vivo tissue-engineering technology. J. Endourol., 14(1), 59-62, 2000.

2001

• Han, S.W., Maizels, M., Chou, P.M., Fernbach, S.K., Cheng, E.Y., and Furness, P.D.:  Lamina muscularis propria thickness of renal pelvis predicts radiological outcome of surgical correction of ureteropelvic junction obstruction. J. Urol., 165: 1648, 2001.

2002

• Colvert, J.R., Kropp, B.P., Austin, P., Cheng, E.Y., Pope, J.C., Brock, J.W., Adams, M.C., Furness, P.D., and Koyle M.A.: The use of small intestinal submucosa (SIS) as an “off the shelf” urethral sling material for pediatric urinary incontinence. J. Urol., 168(4 Pt 2): 1872, 2002.
• Cheng, E.Y., Vemulapalli, S.N., Kropp, B.P., Pope, J.C., Furness, P.D., Kaplan, W.E., and Smith, D.P.:  Snodgrass hypospadias repair with vascularized flap: the perfect repair for virgin hypospadias?  J. Urol., 168 (4 Pt 2): 1723, 2002.

2003

• Cheng, E.Y., Kropp, B.P., Pope, J.C., and Brock, J.W.: Proximal division of the urethral plate in staged hypospadias  repair.  J. Urol., 170 (4 Pt2): 1580, 2003.
• Lin, H.K., Cowan, R., Moore, P., Zhang, Y.Y., Tomasek, J.J., Kropp, B.P, and Cheng, E.Y.:  Characterization of neuropathic bladder smooth muscle cells in culture.  J. of Urol., 171(3): 1348, 2003.      
• Husmann, D.A., Snodgrass, W.T., Koyle, M.A., Furness III, P.A., Kropp, B.P., Cheng, E.Y., Kaplan, W.E., and Kramer, S.A.: Ureterocystoplasty, Indications for Successful Augmentation.  J. of Urol., 171(1): 376, 2003.

2004

• Zhang, Y.Y., Kropp, B.P., Lin, H.K., Cowan, R., and Cheng E.Y.: Bladder regeneration with cell-seeded small intestinal submucosa. Tissue Engineering, 10(1): 181, 2004.

2005

• Beqaj SH, Donovan JL, Liu DB, Harrington DA, Alpert SA, Cheng EY.  Role of basic fibroblast growth factor in the neuropathic bladder phenotype. J Urol. (in press) 2005.