Morphometric and quantitative immunohistochemical analysis of disease-related changes in the upper (suburothelial) lamina propria of the human bladder dome.

The upper (suburothelial) lamina propria (ULP) is a distinct region in the human bladder with dense populations of interstitial cells (IC), fine vascular networks and variable development of muscularis mucosae (MM). It is more and more obvious that the ULP plays an important role in bladder physiolo...

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Main Authors: Thomas Gevaert, Xavier Moles Lopez, Xavier Sagaert, Louis Libbrecht, Tania Roskams, Sandrine Rorive, Christine Decaestecker, Isabelle Salmon, Dirk De Ridder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4431865?pdf=render