Palmitate Induced IL-6 and MCP-1 Expression in Human Bladder Smooth Muscle Cells Provides a Link between Diabetes and Urinary Tract Infections

• Andreas Oberbach ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Andreas Oberbach, Nadine Schlichting

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Nadine Schlichting ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Andreas Oberbach, Nadine Schlichting

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Matthias Blüher,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Peter Kovacs,

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Holger Till,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg,

  Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Jochen Neuhaus

  * E-mail: jochen.neuhaus@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

  Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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