Abstract
Presented below is a methodology for the isolation, expansion, and maintenance of urothelial cells derived from human bladder. Such bladder-derived urothelial cells, taken together with bladder or alternately sourced smooth muscle cells, may be complexed with an appropriately shaped biodegradable scaffold to create regenerative constructs capable of seeding formation of new bladder or bladder-like neo-organs upon implantation in human cystectomy patients.
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Sangha, N. (2013). Isolation of Urothelial Cells from Bladder Tissue. In: Basu, J., Ludlow, J. (eds) Organ Regeneration. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1001. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-363-3_3
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