Generation of kidney organoids from human pluripotent stem cells

Nature Protocols

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1681-1692

  Takasato, Minoru ^a,b   Er, Pei X ^a,b   Chiu, Han S ^b   Little, Melissa H ^a,b,c  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUBILIN; MEGALIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; HUMAN; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM CELL; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TISSUE; MESODERMAL CELL; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NEPHRON CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOID; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL INTERSTITIAL PROGENITOR; STEM CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION; URETERIC EPITHELIAL PROGENITOR; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; KIDNEY; PROCEDURES;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; KIDNEY; ORGANOIDS;

EID: 85001690132     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2016.098     Document Type: Article

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