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SUBMITTER: Smith YC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1346604 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Infection and immunity 20060101 1
Human bladder 5637 cells cultivated under microgravity conditions formed organoids that displayed characteristics of in vivo tissue-specific differentiation. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strain CP9 colonized and penetrated the organoids and induced alpha-hemolysin-mediated exfoliation of uroepithelial cells. We propose these uro-organoids as models that simulate the interactions between UPEC and terminally differentiated human urothelium. ...[more]