Abstract
Urothelium is generally considered to be impermeable to water and constituents of urine. The possibility that human urothelium expresses aquaporin (AQP) water channels as the basis for water and solute transport has not previously been investigated.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1013-23 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | European Urology Supplements |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2009 |
Keywords
- Aquaporins
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Division
- Cell Line
- Epithelial Cells
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Urinary Bladder
- Urothelium
- Water