Strain-Induced Tissue Remodeling In Ex Vivo Bladder Organ Culture: Implications For Regenerative Medicine

ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - The moderated poster session covering neurogenic bladder included a broad range of interesting presentations, starting with Drs. Long and Chancellor’s work that showed that the bladder wall responds to stretch stimuli with an up-regulation of the extracellular matrix, in particular elastin and collagen, and alteration of cell phenotype.

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Filed under: Urology on June 30th, 2008