Study design: A prospective, immunohistochemical study of bladder biopsies taken from spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. Objectives: To investigate whether cytokeratin 14 immunostaining may be useful ...
Permeability barriers must exist in transitional epithelium to prevent the free flow of water from underlying blood capillaries through the epithelium into the hypertonic urine, and such a barrier has ...
One of the main challenges for treating urinary tract infections is their high recurrence, especially in women. The underlying mechanisms of this high recurrence rate are not well understood, but ...