Transplantation of Autologous Minced Bladder Mucosa for a One-Step Reconstruction of a Tissue Engineered Bladder Conduit
Figure 5
Microscopic analyses of tissue sections from conduit and from native bladder. (a) Wall of conduit covered with epithelium toward lumen after 4 weeks and submucosal capillaries (*) (H&E). (b) Staining of submucosal tissue from conduitwall (Van Gieson). (c) Staining of submucosal tissue from native pig bladder wall (Van Gieson). (d) Basal membrane under the epithelial cells (arrows) (PAS). (e) Immunostaining of cytokeratins (MNF116) in epithelial lining of conduit wall. (f) Immunostaining of Uroplakin III in epithelial lining of conduit wall.
