Expression of smoothelin in the normal and the overactive human bladder

Journal of Urology

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1152-1157

  Maake, C ^a   Landman, M ^b   Wang, X ^b   Schmid, D M ^b   Ziegler, U ^a   John, H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Hirslanden Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bladder; Human; Muscle; Muscle contraction; Smooth; SMTN protein; Urination disorders

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; SMOOTHELIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UPREGULATION;

CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; UP-REGULATION; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 32044432826     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)00315-0     Document Type: Article

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