| AUC | area under the curve |
| aSMA | alpha-smooth muscle actin |
| BOO | bladder outlet obstruction |
| CALR | calreticulin |
| Cx43 | connexin 43 |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidin-2-phenylindol |
| FITC | fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| fps | frames per second |
| fura-2AM | fura-2-acetoxymethylester |
| IC/BPS | interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome |
| OAB | overactive bladder |
| PDGFRa | platelet derived growth factor receptor-alpha |
| SD | standard deviation |
| SEM | standard error of the mean |
| suIC | suburothelial interstitial cells |
| TRP | transient receptor potential |
| VIM | vimentin |
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