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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: Neurourol Urodyn. 2014 May 16;33(5):573–576. doi: 10.1002/nau.22591

TABLE I.

General Classification of Interstitial Cell-Like Cells in the Urinary Bladder, Including Potential Functions and Cell–Cell Interactions

Cell types Functions Interactions
Myofibroblasts Muscle progenitor Smooth muscle, urothelium, nerve terminals
Interstitial cells of Cajal-like Pacemaker cell Smooth muscle, urothelium, nerve terminals
Telocytes Inter-cellular communication Urothelium, nerve terminals, capillaries, inflammatory cells