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Mucous within the urinary bladder appears to play a protective role in shielding the uroepithelium against pathogens. This present study employs specific anti-mucous, antisera stabilization techniques to visualize a thin, continuous layer of mucous closely adherent to the human bladder uroepithelium, in both scanning and transmission electron microscopic analyses.
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Cornish, J., Nickel, J.C., Vanderwee, M. et al. Ultrastructural visualization of human bladder mucous. Urol. Res. 18, 263–266 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00294770
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