Freeze-fracture replica immunolabelling reveals urothelial plaques in cultured urothelial cells.

The primary function of the urothelium is to provide the tightest and most impermeable barrier in the body, i.e. the blood-urine barrier. Urothelial plaques are formed and inserted into the apical plasma membrane during advanced stages of urothelial cell differentiation. Currently, it is supposed th...

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Main Authors: Mateja Erdani Kreft, Horst Robenek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3387185?pdf=render