Molecular characterization of chronic inflammatory diseases of the urinary bladder based on next-generation RNA sequencing and digital image analysis

Abstract Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1038/s41598-025-22053-8. Article type: Research Article Keywords: Interstitial cystitis, Hunner lesion, IL-17, Immunology, Microbiology, Urology Authors: Yoshiyuki Akiyama ⚬, Jimpei Miyakawa, Masafumi Horie, Tetsuichi Saito, Tomonori Minagawa, Tetsuo Ushiku, Akiteru Goto, Haruki Kume, Yukio Homma, Yi Luo, Daichi Maeda Affiliations: https://ror.org/05b7rex33grid.444226.20000 0004 0373 4173Department of Urology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan; https://ror.org/057zh3y96grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2169 1048Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; https://ror.org/03tgsfw79grid.31432.370000