Characterization of cultured bladder smooth muscle cells: Assessment of in vitro contractility

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1779-1784

  Kropp, Bradley P ^a   Zhang, Yuanyuan ^b   Tomasek, James J ^b   Cowan, Rick ^b   Furness III, Peter D ^b   Vaughan, Melville B ^b   Parizi, Mojgan ^b   Cheng, Earl Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cultured smooth muscle cell; Gel contraction; Human; Rat; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; CARBACHOL; ENDOTHELIN; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLADDER MUSCLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FIBROBLAST; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0032881974     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)68237-7     Document Type: Article

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