AUTOLOGOUS TRANSPLANTATION OF UROTHELIUM INTO DEMUCOSALIZED GASTROINTESTINAL SEGMENTS: EVIDENCE FOR EPITHELIALIZATION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF IN VITRO EXPANDED AND TRANSPLANTED UROTHELIAL CELLS

Abstract

The data indicate that in vitro expanded urothelial cells are capable of epithelializing demucosalized gastrointestinal segments forming a genuine, differentiated "neo" urothelium.