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 ...

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 ...

In summary, modification of the urothelium and/or loss of epithelial integrity in a number ... have an important role in the generation of urinary bladder dysfunction. L.A. Birder is an Assistant ...

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 ...

Since bladder cancer is associated with abnormalities ... dependent cell-to-cell adhesion molecule expressed exclusively by epithelial cells. E-cadherin is the primary mediator of calcium ...