The origin of the mammalian kidney: Implications for recreating the kidney in vitro

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1937-1947

  Takasato, Minoru ^a,b   Little, Melissa H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Directed differentiation; Kidney development; Mesoderm; Nephrogenic mesenchyme; Pluripotent stem cell; Stem cells; Ureteric bud

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GASTRULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY REGENERATION; MAMMAL; MESODERM; METANEPHRIC MESENCHYME; MORPHOGENESIS; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PRESOMITIC MESODERM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGENERATION; URETERIC BUD; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ORGANOGENESIS;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MAMMALS; MESODERM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGANOGENESIS;

EID: 84929875000     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.104802     Document Type: Article

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