Interstitial cells in the urinary bladder - Localization and function

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-87

  McCloskey, Karen D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

c Kit; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Smooth muscle; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; CARBACHOL; STEM CELL FACTOR;

BLADDER; BLADDER WALL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; LAMINA PROPRIA; MEDLINE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATCH CLAMP; REVIEW; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; URINARY BLADDER; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 76049094620     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20739     Document Type: Review

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