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• Clemens JQ, Locke K Jr, Landis JR, Kreder K, Rodriguez LV, Yang CC, Tu FF, Harte SE, Schrepf A, Farrar JT, Sutcliffe S, Naliboff BD, Williams DA, Afari N, Spitznagle T, Taple BJ, Lai HH; Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Research Network. Validation of a simple body map to measure widespread pain in urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome: A MAPP research network study. Neurourol Urodyn. 2024 Mar;43(3):727-737. doi: 10.1002/nau.25400. Epub 2024 Jan 25. [PMID: 38270336] [PMC10981467]
  Keywords: chronic prostatitis with chronic pelvic pain syndrome;  interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome; pelvic pain; prostate; urinary bladder.

• Pierce J, Harte SE, Afari N, Bradley CS, Griffith JW, Kim J, Lutgendorf S, Naliboff BD, Rodriguez LV, Taple BJ, Williams D, Harris RE, Schrepf A; MAPP Research Network. Mediators of the association between childhood trauma and pain sensitivity in adulthood: a Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Research Network analysis. Pain. 2023 Sep 1;164(9):1995-2008. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002895. Epub 2023 May 5. [PMID: 37144687] [PMC10440258]
  Keywords: Trauma, Childhood abuse, Pain sensitivity, Quantitative sensory testing.
• Bradley CS , Gallop R , Sutcliffe S, Kreder KJ, Lai HH, Clemens JQ, Naliboff BD, for the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Research Network. Long-term Symptom Trajectories in Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A MAPP Research Network Study. Urology. 2022 Nov;169:58-64. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2022.07.045. Epub 2022 Aug 9. [PMID: 35961564] [PMC10590538]
  Keywords: Chronic prostatitis; extended follow-up; interstitial cystitis; MAPP network cohort study; urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome; bladder pain syndrome.
• Schrepf A, Gallop R, Naliboff B, Harte SE, Afari N, Lai HH, Pontari M, McKernan LC, Strachan E, Kreder KJ, As-Sanie SA, Rodriguez LV, Griffith JW, Williams DA; Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Research Network. Clinical Phenotyping for Pain Mechanisms in Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes: A Mapp Research Network Study. J Pain. 2022 Sep;23(9):1594-1603. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2022.03.240. Epub 2022 Apr 25. [PMID: 35472518] [PMC10547025]
  Keywords: Nociceptive pain; central nervous system sensitization; chronic pain; cystitis; neuropathic pain.
• Naliboff BD, Locke K Jr, Schrepf D, Griffith JW, Moldwin R, Krieger JN, Rodriguez LV, Stephens-Shields AJ, Clemens JQ, Lai HH, Sutcliffe S, Taple BJ, Williams D, Pontari MA, Mullins C, Landis JR; MAPP Research Network. Reliability and validity of pain and urinary symptom severity assessment in urologic chronic pelvic pain; A MAPP Network Analysis. J Urol. 2022 Jun;207(6):1246-1255. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000002438. Epub 2022 Jan 21. [PMID: 35060778] [PMC10494963]
  Keywords: cystitis, interstitial; lower urinary tract symptoms; pelvic pain; prostatitis.
• Lai H, Bayman EO, Bishop MO, Landis R, Harte SE, Clemens Q, Rodriguez LV, Sutcliffe S, Taple BJ, Naliboff BD; MAPP Research Network. Longitudinal Changes in the Pelvic Pain Only and Widespread Pain Phenotypes Over One Year in the MAPP-I Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (UCPPS) Cohort. Urology. 2022 Mar;161:31-35. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.12.016. Epub 2022 Jan 10. [PMID: 35021046] [PMC9502024]
  Keywords: Complex Multiple Symptoms Inventory; chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome; interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome; Intra-class coefficient; intermediate pain; pelvic pain only; urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome; widespread pain.
• Froehlich JW, Scott Wang HH, Logvinenko T, Kostel S, DiMartino S, van Bokhoven A, Moses MA, Lee RS; MAPP Research Network. The urinary proteomic profile implicates key regulators for urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS): A MAPP Research Network Study. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2022 Jan;21(1):100176. doi: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2021.100176. Epub 2021 Nov 11. [PMID: 34774759] [PMC8733275]
  Keywords: TMT; UCPPS; bladder; inflammation; urine.
• Lai HH, Newcomb C, Harte S, Appleby D, Ackerman AL, Anger JT, Nickel JC, Gupta P, Rodriguez LV, Landis JR, Clemens JQ; MAPP Research Network. Comparison of deep phenotyping features of UCPPS with and without Hunner lesion: A MAPP-II Research Network Study. Neurourol Urodyn. 2021 Mar;40(3):810-818. doi: 10.1002/nau.24623. Epub 2021 Feb 19. [PMID: 33604963] [PMC8159180]
  Keywords: Hunner lesion; chronic prostatitis; clinical phenotyping; interstitial cystitis; personalized medicine; ulcerative interstitial cystitis.
• Li J, Yu T, Javed I, Siddagunta C, Pakpahan R, Langston ME, Dennis LK, Kingfield DM, Moore DJ, Andriole GL, Lai HH, Colditz GA, Sutcliffe S; MAPP Research Network. Does weather trigger urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome flares? A case-crossover analysis in the multidisciplinary approach to the study of the chronic pelvic pain research network. Neurourol Urodyn. 2020 Jun;39(5):1494-1504. doi: 10.1002/nau.24381. Epub 2020 May 4. [PMID: 32893408] [PMC7479643]
  Keywords: bladder pain syndrome; chronic pelvic pain syndrome; chronic prostatitis; flare; interstitial cystitis; trigger.
• Nickel JC, Stephens A, Landis JR, Mullins C, van Bokhoven A, Anger JT, Ackerman AL, Kim J, Sutcliffe S, Krol JE, Sen B, Hammond J, Ehrlich GD; Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Research Network. Urinary fungi associated with urinary symptom severity among women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). World J Urol. 2020 Feb;38(2):433-446. doi: 10.1007/s00345-019-02764-0. Epub 2019 Apr 26. [PMID: 31028455] [PMC6815247]
  Keywords: Bladder pain syndrome; Flares; Fungal; Interstitial cystitis; Mycobiome.
• Afari N, Buchwald D, Clauw D, Hong B, Hou X, Krieger JN, Mullins C, Stephens-Shields AJ, Gasperi M, Williams DA; MAPP Research Network. A MAPP network case-control study of urological chronic pelvic pain compared with nonurological pain conditions. Clin J Pain. 2020 Jan;36(1):8-15. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000769. Epub 2019 Sep 26. [PMID: 31794439] [PMC7055954]
  Keywords: catastrophizing, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, pelvic pain.
• Aguiniga LM, Yang W, Yaggie RE, Schaeffer AJ, Klumpp DJ; MAPP Research Network Study Group. Acyloxyacyl hydrolase modulates depressive-like behaviors through aryl hydrocarbon receptor. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2019 Aug 1;317(2):R289-R300. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00029.2019. Epub 2019 Apr 24. [PMID: 31017816] [PMC6732428]
  Keywords: AOAH; AhR; CRF; arachidonic acid; interstitial cystitis; stress.
• Harte SE, Schrepf A, Gallop R, Kruger GH, Lai HHH, Sutcliffe S, Halvorson M, Ichesco E, Naliboff BD, Afari N, Harris RE, Farrar JT, Tu F, Landis JR, Clauw DJ; MAPP Research Network. Quantitative assessment of nonpelvic pressure pain sensitivity in urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a MAPP Research Network study. Pain. 2019 Jun;160(6):1270-1280. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001505. [PMID: 31050659] [PMC6527452]
  Keywords: Quantitative sensory testing; Pressure pain threshold; Interstitial cystitis; Bladder pain syndrome; Chronic prostatitis; Chronic pelvic pain syndrome; Central sensitization.
• Gupta A, Bhatt RR, Naliboff BD, Kutch JJ, Labus JS, Vora PP, Alaverdyan M, Schrepf A, Lutgendorf S, Mayer EA; MAPP Research Network. Impact of early adverse life events and sex on functional brain networks in patients with urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS): A MAPP Research Network study. PLoS One. 2019 Jun 20;14(6):e0217610. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217610. eCollection 2019. [PMID: 31220089] [PMC6586272]
  Keywords: centrality; pain; eigenvectors; neural networks; neuroimaging; caudate nucleus; urology; basal ganglia.
• Nickel JC, Stephens-Shields AJ, Landis JR, Mullins C, van Bokhoven A, Lucia MS, Henderson JP, Sen B, Krol JE, Ehrlich GD; MAPP Research Network. A culture-independent analysis of the microbiota of female interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome participants in the MAPP Research Network. J Clin Med. 2019 Mar 26;8(3):415. doi: 10.3390/jcm8030415. [PMID: 30917614] [PMC6462969]
  Keywords: bladder pain syndrome; infection; interstitial cystitis; microbiome; microbiota.
• Clemens JQ, Mullins C, Ackerman AL, Bavendam T, van Bokhoven A, Ellingson BM, Harte SE, Kutch JJ, Lai HH, Martucci KT, Moldwin R, Naliboff BD, Pontari MA, Sutcliffe S, Landis JR; MAPP Research Network Study Group. Urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome: insights from the MAPP Research Network. Nat Rev Urol. 2019 Mar;16(3):187-200. doi: 10.1038/s41585-018-0135-5. [PMID: 30560936] [PMC6800057]
  Keywords: bladder/bladder disease; Urologic chronic pelvic pain syndromes; chronic pain; prostatitis.
• Rodríguez LV, Stephens AJ, Clemens JQ, Buchwald D, Yang C, Lai HH, Krieger JN, Newcomb C, Bradley CS, Naliboff B; MAPP Research Network. Symptom duration in patients with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome is not associated with pain severity, nonurologic syndromes and mental health symptoms: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Network Study. Urology. 2019 Feb;124:14-22. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2018.11.015. Epub 2018 Nov 16. [PMID: 30452963] [PMC7037673]
  Keywords: chronic pain; mental disorders; pain measurement; pelvic pain; severity of illness index; symptom assessment.
• Woodworth DC, Dagher A, Curatolo A, Sachdev M, Ashe-McNalley C, Naliboff BD, Labus JS, Landis JR, Kutch JJ, Mayer EA, Lee RS, Moses MA, Ellingson BM; MAPP Research Network. Changes in brain white matter structure are associated with urine proteins in urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS): A MAPP Network study. PLoS One. 2018 Dec 5;13(12):e0206807. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206807. eCollection 2018. [PMID: 30517112] [PMC6281196]
  Keywords: Urinary biomarkers; Diffusion tensor imaging; Brainstem; Pain; Urine; Biomarkers; Brain; Neuroimaging.
• Schrepf A, Williams DA, Gallop R, Naliboff BD, Basu N, Kaplan C, Harper DE, Landis JR, Clemens JQ, Strachan E, Griffith JW, Afari N, Hassett A, Pontari MA, Clauw DJ, Harte SE; MAPP Research Network. Sensory sensitivity and symptom severity represent unique dimensions of chronic pain: a MAPP Research Network study. Pain. 2018 Oct;159(10):2002-2011. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001299. [PMID: 29863527] [PMC6705610]
  Keywords: Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome; Factor analysis; statistical; Fibromyalgia; Central nervous system sensitization; Interoception.
• Schrepf A, Naliboff B, Williams DA, Stephens-Shields AJ, Landis JR, Gupta A, Mayer E, Rodriguez LV, Lai H, Luo Y, Bradley C, Kreder K, Lutgendorf SK; MAPP Research Network. Adverse childhood experiences and symptoms of urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Research Network Study. Ann Behav Med. 2018 Sep 13;52(10):865-877. doi: 10.1093/abm/kax060. [PMID: 30212850] [PMC6135957]
  Keywords: Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome; Chronic Prostatitis with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome; Psychological Trauma; Sexual Abuse.
• Clemens JQ, Stephens-Shields A, Naliboff BD, Lai HH, Rodriguez L, Krieger JN, Williams DA, Kusek JW, Landis JR; MAPP Research Network. Correlates of health care seeking activities in patients with urological chronic pelvic pain syndromes: findings from the MAPP Cohort. J Urol. 2018 Jul;200(1):136-140. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2017.12.055. Epub 2018 Jan 4. [PMID: 29307682] [PMC6002941]
  Keywords: cystitis; interstitial; patient acceptance of health care; pelvic pain; prostate; urinary bladder.
• Sutcliffe S, Jemielita T, Lai HH, Andriole GL, Bradley CS, Clemens JQ, Gallop R, Hooton TM, Kreder KJ, Krieger JN, Kusek JW, Labus J, Lucia MS, Mackey S, Naliboff BD, Robinson NA, Rodriguez LV, Stephens-Shields A, van Bokhoven A, Wolin KY, Yan Y, Yang CC, Landis JR, Colditz GA; MAPP Research Network. A case-crossover study of urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome flare triggers in the MAPP Research Network. J Urol. 2018 May;199(5):1245-1251. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2017.12.050. Epub 2017 Dec 27. [PMID: 29288643] [PMC5911194]
  Keywords: cystitis; interstitial; prostatitis; surveys and questionnaires; symptom flare up; urinary bladder.
• Harper DE, Ichesco E, Schrepf A, Halvorson M, Puiu T, Clauw DJ, Harris RE, Harte SE; MAPP Research Network. Relationships between brain metabolite levels, functional connectivity, and negative mood in urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome patients compared to controls: A MAPP research network study. Neuroimage Clin. 2017 Nov 15;17:570-578. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.11.014. eCollection 2018. [PMID: 29201643] [PMC5702874]
  Keywords: Centralized pain; Choline; Gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA); Interstitial cystitis; MAPP; Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
• Naliboff BD, Stephens AJ, Lai HH, Griffith JW, Clemens JQ, Lutgendorf S, Rodriguez LV, Newcomb C, Sutcliffe S, Guo W, Kusek JW, Landis JR; MAPP Research Network. Clinical and psychosocial predictors of urological chronic pelvic pain symptom change in 1 year: a prospective study from the MAPP Research Network. J Urol. 2017 Oct;198(4):848-857. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2017.05.065. Epub 2017 May 18. [PMID: 28528930] [PMC5720154]
  Keywords: cystitis; interstitial; pelvic pain; prostate; prostatitis; urinary bladder.
• Kutch JJ, Ichesco E, Hampson JP, Labus JS, Farmer MA, Martucci KT, Ness TJ, Deutsch G, Apkarian AV, Mackey SC, Klumpp DJ, Schaeffer AJ, Rodriguez LV, Kreder KJ, Buchwald D, Andriole GL, Lai HH, Mullins C, Kusek JW, Landis JR, Mayer EA, Clemens JQ, Clauw DJ, Harris RE; MAPP Research Network. Brain signature and functional impact of centralized pain: a multidisciplinary approach to the study of chronic pelvic pain (MAPP) network study. Pain. 2017 Oct;158(10):1979-1991. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001001. [PMID: 28692006] [PMC5964335]
  Keywords: Centralized; Chronic; Pain; fMRI; Widespread; Fibromyalgia; Pelvic; VBM; Connectivity.
• Lai HH, Jemielita T, Sutcliffe S, Bradley CS, Naliboff B, Williams DA, Gereau RW 4th, Kreder K, Clemens JQ, Rodriguez LV, Krieger JN, Farrar JT, Robinson N, Landis JR; MAPP Research Network. Characterization of whole-body pain in urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome at baseline: A MAPP Research Network Study. J Urol. 2017 Sep;198(3):622-631. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2017.03.132. Epub 2017 Mar 31. [PMID: 28373134] [PMC5562525]
  Keywords: cystitis; interstitial; pelvic pain; prostate; prostatitis; urinary bladder.
• Dagher A, Curatolo A, Sachdev M, Stephens AJ, Mullins C, Landis JR, van Bokhoven A, El-Hayek A, Froehlich JW, Briscoe AC, Roy R, Yang J, Pontari MA, Zurakowski D, Lee RS, Moses MA; MAPP Research Network. Identification of novel non-invasive biomarkers of urinary chronic pelvic pain syndrome: findings from the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Research Network. BJU Int. 2017 Jul;120(1):130-142. doi: 10.1111/bju.13832. Epub 2017 Apr 11. [PMID: 28263447] [PMC5951631]
  Keywords: Lipocalin 2 (also known as NGAL); Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain; matrix metalloproteinase; neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin; vascular endothelial growth factor; vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1.
• Kutch JJ, Labus JS, Harris RE, Martucci KT, Farmer MA, Fenske S, Fling C, Ichesco E, Peltier S, Petre B, Guo W, Hou X, Stephens AJ, Mullins C, Clauw DJ, Mackey SC, Apkarian AV, Landis JR, Mayer EA; MAPP Research Network. Resting-state functional connectivity predicts longitudinal pain symptom change in urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a MAPP network study. Pain. 2017 Jun;158(6):1069-1082. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000886. [PMID: 28328579] [PMC5435510]
  Keywords: Neuroimaging; Prediction; Chronic pain; Urologic pain.
• Huang L, Kutch JJ, Ellingson BM, Martucci KT, Harris RE, Clauw DJ, Mackey S, Mayer EA, Schaeffer AJ, Apkarian AV, Farmer MA; MAPP Research Network. Brain white matter changes associated with urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome: multisite neuroimaging from a MAPP case-control study. Pain. 2016 Dec;157(12):2782-2791. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000703. [PMID: 27842046] [PMC5117992]
  Keywords: Pain; Urological; Pelvic; Irritable bowel syndrome; Diffusion tensor imaging.
• Stephens-Shields AJ, Clemens JQ, Jemielita T, Farrar J, Sutcliffe S, Hou X, Landis JR; MAPP Research Network. Symptom variability and early symptom regression in the MAPP study: a prospective study of urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome. J Urol. 2016 Nov;196(5):1450-1455. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2016.04.070. Epub 2016 Apr 27. [PMID: 27131464] [PMC5069105]
  Keywords: cystitis; epidemiologic research design; interstitial; pain; prostate; symptom assessment.
• Nickel JC, Stephens A, Landis JR, Mullins C, van Bokhoven A, Lucia MS, Ehrlich GD; MAPP Research Network. Assessment of the lower urinary tract microbiota during symptom flare in women with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome: A MAPP Network Study. J Urol. 2016 Feb;195(2):356-62. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.09.075. Epub 2015 Sep 26. [PMID: 26410734] [PMC4770794]
  Keywords: cystitis; infection; interstitial; microbiota; symptom assessment.
• Alger JR, Ellingson BM, Ashe-McNalley C, Woodworth DC, Labus JS, Farmer M, Huang L, Apkarian AV, Johnson KA, Mackey SC, Ness TJ, Deutsch G, Harris RE, Clauw DJ, Glover GH, Parrish TB, Hollander Jd, Kusek JW, Mullins C, Mayer EA; MAPP Research Network Investigators. Multisite, multimodal neuroimaging of chronic urological pelvic pain: Methodology of the MAPP Research Network. Neuroimage Clin. 2016 Jan 6;12:65-77. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2015.12.009. eCollection 2016. [PMID: 27408791] [PMC4925887]
  Keywords: Brain; Diffusion tensor imaging [DTI]; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; TransMAPP; Urologic chronic pelvic pain syndromes.
• Lai HH, Krieger JN, Pontari MA, Buchwald D, Hou X, Landis JR; MAPP Research Network. Painful bladder filling and painful urgency are distinct characteristics in men and women with urological chronic pelvic pain syndromes: A MAPP Research Network Study. J Urol. 2015 Dec;194(6):1634-41. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.05.105. Epub 2015 Jul 17. [PMID: 26192257] [PMC4669971]
  Keywords: cystitis; interstitial; pain; prostatitis; questionnaires; urinary bladder.
• Schrepf A, Bradley CS, O'Donnell M, Luo Y, Harte SE, Kreder K, Lutgendorf S; Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Research Network. Toll-like receptor 4 and comorbid pain in Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: a multidisciplinary approach to the study of chronic pelvic pain research network study. Brain Behav Immun. 2015 Oct;49:66-74. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.03.003. Epub 2015 Mar 11. [PMID: 25771510] [PMC4567436]
  Keywords: Functional somatic syndromes; Inflammation; Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome; Negative affect; Pain; Toll-like Receptors.
• Woodworth D, Mayer E, Leu K, Ashe-McNalley C, Naliboff BD, Labus JS, Tillisch K, Kutch JJ, Farmer MA, Apkarian AV, Johnson KA, Mackey SC, Ness TJ, Landis JR, Deutsch G, Harris RE, Clauw DJ, Mullins C, Ellingson BM; MAPP Research Network. Unique microstructural changes in the brain associated with urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS) revealed by diffusion tensor MRI, super-resolution track density imaging, and statistical parameter mapping: A MAPP Network Neuroimaging Study. PLoS One. 2015 Oct 13;10(10):e0140250. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140250. eCollection 2015. [PMID: 26460744] [PMC4604194]
  Keywords: Pain; Central nervous system; Corpus callosum; Diffusion tensor imaging; Basal ganglia; Microstructure; Anisotropy; Pain sensation.
• Nickel JC, Stephens A, Landis JR, Chen J, Mullins C, van Bokhoven A, Lucia MS, Melton-Kreft R, Ehrlich GD; MAPP Research Network. Search for microorganisms in men with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a culture-independent analysis in the MAPP Research Network. J Urol. 2015 Jul;194(1):127-35. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.01.037. Epub 2015 Jan 14. [PMID: 25596358] [PMC4475477]
  Keywords: chronic pain; infection; microbiota; pelvic pain; prostatitis.
• Farmer MA, Huang L, Martucci K, Yang CC, Maravilla KR, Harris RE, Clauw DJ, Mackey S, Ellingson BM, Mayer EA, Schaeffer AJ, Apkarian AV; MAPP Research Network. Brain white matter abnormalities in female interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome: A MAPP Network Neuroimaging Study. J Urol. 2015 Jul;194(1):118-26. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.02.082. Epub 2015 Feb 21. [PMID: 25711200] [PMC4475466]
  Keywords: cystitis; diffusion tensor imaging; interstitial; pain; urinary bladder; white matter.
• Naliboff BD, Stephens AJ, Afari N, Lai H, Krieger JN, Hong B, Lutgendorf S, Strachan E, Williams D; MAPP Research Network. Widespread psychosocial difficulties in men and women with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndromes: case-control findings from the multidisciplinary approach to the study of chronic pelvic pain research network. Urology. 2015 Jun;85(6):1319-27. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2015.02.047. [PMID: 26099876] [PMC4479402]
  Keywords: chronic pain; pelvic pain; severity of illness index; urologic diseases.
• Clemens JQ, Clauw DJ, Kreder K, Krieger JN, Kusek JW, Lai HH, Rodriguez L, Williams DA, Hou X, Stephens A, Landis JR; MAPP Research Network. Comparison of baseline urological symptoms in men and women in the MAPP research cohort. J Urol. 2015 May;193(5):1554-8. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.11.016. Epub 2014 Nov 13. [PMID: 25463989] [PMC4454891]
  Keywords: chronic pain; cystitis; interstitial; pelvic pain; prostatitis.
• Krieger JN, Stephens AJ, Landis JR, Clemens JQ, Kreder K, Lai HH, Afari N, Rodríguez L, Schaeffer A, Mackey S, Andriole GL, Williams DA; MAPP Research Network. Relationship between chronic nonurological associated somatic syndromes and symptom severity in urological chronic pelvic pain syndromes: baseline evaluation of the MAPP study. J Urol. 2015 Apr;193(4):1254-62. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.10.086. Epub 2014 Oct 22. [PMID: 25444992] [PMC4497586]
  Keywords: cystitis; female; interstitial; male; questionnaires; urinary bladder.
• Schrepf A, O'Donnell M, Luo Y, Bradley CS, Kreder K, Lutgendorf S; Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Research Network. Inflammation and inflammatory control in interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome: Associations with painful symptoms. Pain. 2014 Sep;155(9):1755-1761. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.05.029. Epub 2014 Jun 5. [PMID: 24907404] [PMC4166494]
  Keywords: Bladder pain syndrome; Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis; Inflammation; Interstitial cystitis; Pelvic pain; Toll-like receptors.
• Landis JR, Williams DA, Lucia MS, Clauw DJ, Naliboff BD, Robinson NA, van Bokhoven A, Sutcliffe S, Schaeffer AJ, Rodriguez LV, Mayer EA, Lai HH, Krieger JN, Kreder KJ, Afari N, Andriole GL, Bradley CS, Griffith JW, Klumpp DJ, Hong BA, Lutgendorf SK, Buchwald D, Yang CC, Mackey S, Pontari MA, Hanno P, Kusek JW, Mullins C, Clemens JQ; MAPP Research Network Study Group. The MAPP research network: design, patient characterization and operations. BMC Urol. 2014 Aug 1;14:58. doi: 10.1186/1471-2490-14-58. [PMID: 25085119] [PMC4126395]
  Keywords: Urologic chronic pelvic pain syndromes; Interstitial cystitis; Chronic prostatitis; Urine biomarkers; Plasma biomarkers; Non-urologic associated syndromes; Quantitative sensory testing (QST); Neuroimaging.
• Clemens JQ, Mullins C, Kusek JW, Kirkali Z, Mayer EA, Rodríguez LV, Klumpp DJ, Schaeffer AJ, Kreder KJ, Buchwald D, Andriole GL, Lucia MS, Landis JR, Clauw DJ; MAPP Research Network Study Group. The MAPP research network: a novel study of urologic chronic pelvic pain syndromes. BMC Urol. 2014 Aug 1;14:57. doi: 10.1186/1471-2490-14-57. [PMID: 25085007] [PMC4134515]
  Keywords: Urological chronic pelvic pain syndromes; Interstitial cystitis; Chronic prostatitis; Translational research; Multi-disciplinary.