Generating a self-organizing kidney from pluripotent cells

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 178-186

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

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

directed differentiation; human pluripotent stem cell; kidney; organoid; self organization

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NEPHROLOGY; NEPHRON; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMITIVE STREAK; REVIEW; SELF ORGANIZING KIDNEY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MORPHOGENESIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 84938879931     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0000000000000174     Document Type: Review

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