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Stem cells in the biology of normal urothelium and urothelial carcinoma
1 Jan 2012
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Urothelium is a special type of stratified epithelium that lines the distal portion of the urinary tract. For a long time, basal urothelial cells have been suspected to include a population of urothelial stem cells. Recent experiments identifying label-retaining cells as well as lineage tracing analyses corroborate this notion. There are striking morphological and antigenic similarities between basal or...
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