Smooth muscles are complex tissues containing a variety of cells in addition to muscle cells.
Interstitial cells of mesenchymal origin interact with and form electrical connectivity with …

Recently, parallels have been drawn between enteric interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) and
similar cells outside the gut—interstitial Cajal‐like cells (ICLC). This article reviews our …

PURPOSE: Peristaltic contractions in the upper urinary tract serve to move urine from the
kidney through the ureter to the bladder. Ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction is the most …

Previous reports describing Cajal‐like interstitial cells in human uterus are contradictory in
terms of c‐kit immunoreactivity: either negative (but vimentin‐positive) in pregnant …

We describe here‐presumably for the first time‐a Cajal‐like type of tubal interstitial cells (t‐
ICC), resembling the archetypal enteric ICC. t‐ICC were demonstrated in situ and in vitro on …

Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) were described more than 100 years ago by Ramon y Cajal.
For many years these cells were identified only by non‐specific histological stains and later …

Pyeloureteric peristalsis has long been considered to be triggered by pacemaker atypical
smooth muscle cells (SMC) located in the proximal regions of the renal pelvis. However …

OBJECTIVE To describe the effect of a specific c‐kit receptor inhibitor (imatinib mesylate) on
human detrusor strips in vitro and guinea‐pig cystometry in vivo, and to show histological …

Introduction• Nomenclature• Uterine contractions and the 'functional syncytium theory'•
Interstitial cells of Cajal in the gastrointestinal and urinary tracts• Are there m‐ICLC in …

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the major cause of lower urinary tract symptoms in
men aged 50 or older. Symptoms are not normally life threatening, but often drastically affect …