Article
Phenotypic and cytogenetic characterization of human bladder urothelia expanded in vitro.
The Journal of urology - 1 Aug 1994
Cilento B G, Freeman M R, Schneck F X, Retik A B, Atala A
Abstract excerpt
A simple method for the harvest of bladder cell types from surgical specimens was used to generate strains of normal human urothelial cells that could be reproducibly cultivated, passaged and extensively expanded in serum-free medium. Immunostaining of the bladder epithelial cells with broadly re...
Topics
- Amphiregulin
- Animals
- Blotting, Northern
- Cadherins
- Cell Division
- Cell Transplantation
- Cells, Cultured
- Child
- EGF Family of Proteins
- Epidermal Growth Factor
- Epithelial Cells
- Epithelium
- Glycoproteins
- Growth Substances
- Humans
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Karyotyping
- Keratins