Inhibition of HPSE/SDC-2 axis-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition for treating IC/BPS

• Zhengsen Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhengsen Chen, Yuting He, Junjie Zhang

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Urology, The Second Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Yuting He ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhengsen Chen, Yuting He, Junjie Zhang

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Urology, The Second Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1303-1760

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• Junjie Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhengsen Chen, Yuting He, Junjie Zhang

  Roles Data curation, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Urology, The Second Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Qingyu Ge,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Urology, The Second Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Tianpeng Du,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Urology, The Second Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Zongyao Fan,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Urology, The Second Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Junyl Zhou,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Urology, The Second Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Xin Yang ,

  Roles Methodology, Validation

  * Weizq11@163.com; Baixinshen@njmu.edu.cn

  Affiliations Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Urology, The Second Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Baixin Shen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * Weizq11@163.com; Baixinshen@njmu.edu.cn

  Affiliations Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Urology, The Second Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Zhongqing Wei

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * Weizq11@163.com; Baixinshen@njmu.edu.cn

  Affiliations Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Urology, The Second Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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