Developmental origins and functions of stromal cells in the normal and diseased mammalian kidney

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 243, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 853-863

  Li, Winny ^a,b   Hartwig, Sunny ^c   Rosenblum, Norman D ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical stroma; Foxd1; Interstitium; Kidney development; Medullary stroma; Renal fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; FIBROBLAST; KIDNEY CAPSULE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; MAMMAL; MESENCHYME; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; TISSUE INTERACTION; URETER; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MAMMALS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 84902540456     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24134     Document Type: Article

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