Although the urinary bladder urothelium has classically been thought of as a passive barrier to ions and solutes, a number of novel properties have been recently attributed to urothelial cells.

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is one of many etiologies of overactive bladder (OAB) in women. In fact, the relative risk of OAB increases threefold in women with POP versus women without it. A new study ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In polarized epithelial MDCK cells, all known endogenous endocytic receptors are found on the basolateral domain. The influenza virus ...

Urine for a breakthrough — in a true medical milestone, UCLA surgeons completed the world’s first in-human bladder transplant. Dr. Nima Nassiri, a urologic transplant surgeon and director of the UCLA ...

To overcome the challenges of the existing model systems, researchers developed organoids, which are 3D multicellular structures. Organoids contain multiple organ-specific cell types interacting with ...