... with pathologically proven normal bladder mucosa as well as those obtained previously from 50 controls and 16 patients with benign bladder disorders. Interruption of the basement membrane (BM) laminin staining pattern was correlated with high serum laminin levels (r = 0.34; p < 0.01). The majority of patients...

...Masanori Yamamoto; Koji Miyake; Hidenori Takaba; Junichi Hashimoto; Masafumi Sahashi Scanning electron microscopic observation of the basal surface of the basement membrane of the rat seminiferous tubule has revealed that the basement membrane appears to be like a tiled floor, and formation...

...Hiroshi Hashimoto; Shigeo Sakashita The changes in the basement membrane were studied in human transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder by ordinary transmission electron microscopy and through histochemical analysis of laminin (a basement membrane specific glycoprotein). In normal transitional...