Regenerating the nephron with human pluripotent stem cells

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 187-192

  Lam, Albert Q ^a,b   Bonventre, Joseph V ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

development; kidney; pluripotent; regeneration; stem cells

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL LINE; REGENERATION; REVIEW; URETER; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; NEPHRONS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REGENERATION;

EID: 84938878588     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0000000000000177     Document Type: Review

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