ATP enhances spontaneous calcium activity in cultured suburothelial myofibroblasts of the human bladder.

BACKGROUND: Suburothelial myofibroblasts (sMF) are located underneath the urothelium in close proximity to afferent nerves. They express purinergic receptors and show calcium transients in response to ATP. Therefore they are supposed to be involved in afferent signaling of the bladder fullness. Sinc...

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Main Authors: Sheng Cheng, Frank Peter Scigalla, Pietro Speroni di Fenizio, Zhi Geng Zhang, Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg, Jochen Neuhaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3187810?pdf=render