coli (UPEC). These bacteria infect and multiply in the outer cells of bladder epithelium known as umbrella cells. Once in place, these bacteria can form intracellular bacterial communities, which ...

This latter defect could lead to the absorption of potentially toxic substances across the bladder epithelium and trigger a chronic inflammatory reaction in the subepithelial layers or expose the ...

In the present studies, permeabilities of the apical membrane of dissected rabbit bladder epithelium to water, urea, ammonia, and protons were measured in Ussing chambers and averaged (in cm/s ...

Bladder cancer often develops as malignant tumors. The most common type is cancer from the transitional epithelium, which lines the urinary tract and accounts for about 90% of all bladder cancer ...

UPEC invasion is contingent on the bacteria attaching themselves to plaques of proteins in the bladder epithelium called uroplakins. These plaques form initially as discoidal vesicles inside the ...

The muscle tissue and vasculature are depicted in magenta, the basement membrane in white, and the bladder epithelium in green. Captured with single-plane illumination microscopy, this ...