The human urothelium consists of multiple clonal units, each maintained by a stem cell

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-171

  Gaisa, Nadine T ^a,b   Graham, Trevor A ^b   McDonald, Stuart A C ^c   Cañadillas Lopez, Sagrario ^b,d   Poulsom, Richard ^b   Heidenreich, Axel ^e   Jakse, Gerhard ^e   Tadrous, Paul J ^f   Knuechel, Ruth ^a   Wright, Nicholas A ^b,c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^f NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clonality; stem cells; urinary bladder; urothelial stem cell niche; urothelium

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGING; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL CLONE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTECTOMY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MESENCHYME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION; STEM CELL; UROTHELIUM;

CLONE CELLS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELLS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 80051759213     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.2945     Document Type: Article

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