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[umbrella cell]
These cells, called also superficial urothelial cells, superficial uroepithelial cells, or superficial bladder epithelial cells, are one of the three cell types found in the normal pseudo-stratified transitional epithelium coating the bladder (urothelium) (Jost et al, 1989). The urethelium is renewed perpetually but slowly with a 40-week turnover (Jost, 1989). Umbrella cells are terminally differentiated superficial cells lining the mucosal surface of the bladder. They are instrumental in forming the blood-urine barrier (Kreft et al, 2010). In some publications these cells are being referred to also as facet cells or
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