Stem cells in the embryonic kidney

Kidney International

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 913-917

  Nishinakamura, R ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Metanephric mesenchyme; Notch2; Sall1; Six2; Wnt4

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; NOTCH2 RECEPTOR; WNT4 PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STIMULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY TUBULE; MESENCHYME CELL; MESODERM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NEPHRON; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 41449103606     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002784     Document Type: Short Survey

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