Bladder smooth muscle cell phenotypic changes and implication of expression of contractile proteins (especially caldesmon) in rats after partial outlet obstruction

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 339-345

  Matsumoto, Seiji ^a,b   Hanai, Tadashi ^a   Ohnishi, Norio ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuhiko ^a   Kurita, Takashi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bladder; Caldesmon; Partial outlet obstruction; Phenotypic expression; Smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

CALDESMON; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; FEMALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0038121457     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2003.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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