Transcriptional profiling of the bladder in urogenital schistosomiasis reveals pathways of inflammatory fibrosis and urothelial compromise.

Urogenital schistosomiasis, chronic infection by Schistosoma haematobium, affects 112 million people worldwide. S. haematobium worm oviposition in the bladder wall leads to granulomatous inflammation, fibrosis, and egg expulsion into the urine. Despite the global impact of urogenital schistosomiasis...

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Main Authors: Debalina Ray, Tyrrell A Nelson, Chi-Ling Fu, Shailja Patel, Diana N Gong, Justin I Odegaard, Michael H Hsieh
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3fca65ac0a4a4c3ba19dfdde7ff9dc76
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