Key result
Experimental portal hypertension induces urinary bladder remodeling, increasing damaged epithelial cells to ~32%.
Why the study?
Does experimental portal hypertension cause morphometric remodeling of urinary bladder structures in a pig model?
Does experimental portal hypertension cause morphometric remodeling of urinary bladder structures in a pig model?
Experimental portal hypertension in a swine model leads to significant structural remodeling of the urinary bladder, marked by mucosal and muscular atrophy and increased epithelial damage, particularly when complicated by multiple organ failure.
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Hypothesis-generating for bladder remodeling in portal hypertension; prospective human studies needed before clinical consideration.
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Hnatjuk et al. (2026) studied Experimental portal hypertension (n=22). Resection of left and right lateral lobes of the liver (60% of parenchyma) to induce portal hypertension vs. Intact control group was evaluated on Volume of damaged epithelial cells in the urinary bladder mucosa (%) (p=<0.001). Experimental postresection portal hypertension significantly induced pronounced remodeling of urinary bladder structures, increasing the volume of damaged epithelial cells from 2.30% to 31.70% (p<0.001).
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