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Research Areas
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
- Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies
- Urological Disorders and Treatments
University of Cambridge
2024
University of Sheffield
2024
Uroplakins are a family of membrane-spanning proteins highly specific to the urothelium. There four uroplakin in humans. These encoded by following UPK genes: UPK1A , UPK1B UPK2 and UPK3 . Uroplakin span apical membrane umbrella cells urothelium, where they associate into urothelial plaques. This provides barrier function prevent passage urine across urothelium renal pelvis, ureters, bladder. also involved developmental processes such as nephrogenesis. The localisation uroplakins within...
10.1136/jcp-2024-209388
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Journal of Clinical Pathology
2024-02-28
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