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. 1973 Sep;72(3):403–416.

Smooth Muscle Regeneration in the Ureter

Electron Microscopic and Autoradiographic Observations

Mark D Kiviat, Russell Ross, Julian S Ansell
PMCID: PMC1904028  PMID: 4728891

Abstract

The cellular events taking place during reconstitution of the rabbit ureteral wall following resection of a portion of its circumference were studied utilizing electron microscopy and autoradiography. It was shown that hyperplasia takes place in the smooth muscle of the ureteral remnant during the first 2 postoperative weeks and that spindle-shaped cells possessing the ultrastructural characteristics of myoblasts migrate from the edges of the remnant into the defect, resulting in regeneration of the muscularis within 5 to 6 weeks of the time of injury.

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