“THE USE OF BIOMIMETIC 2D AND 3D UROTHELIAL IN VITRO MODELS WITH MOLECULAR, MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NORMAL AND CANCEROUS BLADDER TISSUE AS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD IN PRECLINICAL STUDIES: M.E. Kreft1, L. Tratnjek1, A. Janev1, N. Resnik1, U. Cerkvenik1, U. D. Jerman1, G. Markovič1, T.Ž. Ramuta1, T. Višnjar1, Ž. Sardoč1, A.Punčuh1, S. Kralj2, M. Čemažar3, P. Veranič1 |1Institute of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; 2Department for Materials Synthesis, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia; 3Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia” (2025) European Journal of Histochemistry, 69(s2). doi:10.4081/ejh.2025.4288.