renal/urinary system
• bladder urothelium exhibits hyperplasia, with cells undergoing a gradual transition from basal through intermediate to luminal urothelial layers
• more than 60% of urothelial cells are luminal cells compared to intermediate cells being the most dominant cell population in wild-type urothelium
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neoplasm
• mice show increased susceptibility to N-butyl-N-(4-hydrdoxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)-induced bladder cancer, developing higher numbers of tumors than in wild-type mice
• mice sensitized with BBN develop intraurothelial precursor lesions that lead to carcinoma in situ that exhibits retention of KRT5/6 basal cells at the base of the urothelium and is consistent with luminal subtype of carcinoma in situ
• tumors are low-grade superficial noninvasive papillary and high-grade invasive urothelial carcinomas; all superficial papillary tumors are of the luminal subtype and invasive carcinomas are consistent with the luminal phenotype
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homeostasis/metabolism
• mice show increased susceptibility to N-butyl-N-(4-hydrdoxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN)-induced bladder cancer, developing higher numbers of tumors than in wild-type mice
• mice sensitized with BBN develop intraurothelial precursor lesions that lead to carcinoma in situ that exhibits retention of KRT5/6 basal cells at the base of the urothelium and is consistent with luminal subtype of carcinoma in situ
• tumors are low-grade superficial noninvasive papillary and high-grade invasive urothelial carcinomas; all superficial papillary tumors are of the luminal subtype and invasive carcinomas are consistent with the luminal phenotype
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