Concise review: Understanding the renal progenitor cell niche in vivo to recapitulate nephrogenesis in vitro

Stem Cells Translational Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1463-1471

  Mari, Chiara ^a   Winyard, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Embryonic stem cells; Induced pluripotent stem cells; Kidney; Progenitor cells; Self renewal; Stem cell culture; Stem progenitor cell

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; HUMAN; NEPHRON DEVELOPMENT; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; RENAL PROGENITOR CELL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; METABOLISM; NEPHRON; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL NICHE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; NEPHRONS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84949661569     PISSN: 21576564     EISSN: 21576580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5966/sctm.2015-0104     Document Type: Review

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