| Literature DB >> 28361318 |
Yasuhiro Yoshimura1, Atsuhiro Taguchi1, Ryuichi Nishinakamura2.
Abstract
The kidney is a vital organ that has an important role in the maintenance of homeostasis by fluid volume regulation and waste product excretion. This role cannot be performed without the three-dimensional (3D) structure of the kidney. Therefore, it is important to generate the 3D structure of the kidney when inducing functional kidney tissue or the whole organ from pluripotent stem cells. In this chapter, we describe the detailed methods to induce kidney progenitor cells from pluripotent stem cells, which are based on embryological development. We also provide a method to generate 3D kidney tissue with vascularized glomeruli upon transplantation.Keywords: Human-induced pluripotent stem cells; Mouse embryonic stem cells; Nephron progenitor cells; Three-dimensional kidney structure; Transplantation
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28361318 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6949-4_13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods Mol Biol ISSN: 1064-3745