Generation of functional podocytes from human induced pluripotent stem cells

Stem Cell Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 130-139

  Ciampi, Osele ^a,b   Iacone, Roberto ^b   Longaretti, Lorena ^a   Benedetti, Valentina ^a   Graf, Martin ^b,e   Magnone, Maria Chiara ^b   Patsch, Christoph ^b   Xinaris, Christodoulos ^a   Remuzzi, Giuseppe ^a,c,d   Benigni, Ariela ^a   Tomasoni, Susanna ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Induced pluripotent stem cells; Nephron progenitors; Podocytes

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA ACTININ 4; ANGIOTENSIN II; MESSENGER RNA; NEPHRIN; P CADHERIN; SYNAPTOPODIN; WT1 PROTEIN; ACTININ; CADHERIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNPR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHIMERA; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO CELL; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; INTERNALIZATION; KIDNEY CELL; MESODERM; MOUSE; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOID BODY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTININ; CADHERINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYOID BODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; KARYOTYPE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PODOCYTES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 84973450025     PISSN: 18735061     EISSN: 18767753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2016.06.001     Document Type: Article

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