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transitional epithelium [tran′zish·ən·əl ‚ep·ə′thē·lē·əm] (histology) A form of stratified epithelium found in the urinary bladder; cells vary between squamous, when the tissue is stretched, and columnar, when not stretched. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The same effect was found by the same group of investigators in another study in which MSA was administered in drinking water to groups of male and female Fischer-344 rats to evaluate its promoting activity of carcinogenesis of the transitional epithelium of the renal pelvis (Kitamura et al. Additionally, eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies were present in colonic and gastric epithelia and in transitional epithelium of the kidney. In bladder, CYP1A1 was highly expressed in both endothelium (Table 3, Figure 2B) and transitional epithelium forming the bladder mucosa (Table 2, Figure 3). |
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