Marija Dakovic Bjelakovic1, Slobodan Vlajkovic2, Aleksandar Petrovic3, Marko Bjelakovic4, Milorad Antic2. 1. Institute of Anatomy, Medical Faculty, University of Nis, Zorana Djindjica 81, Nis, 18000, Serbia. marijadb968@gmail.com. 2. Institute of Anatomy, Medical Faculty, University of Nis, Zorana Djindjica 81, Nis, 18000, Serbia. 3. Institute of Histology and Embryology, Medical Faculty, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia. 4. Medical Faculty, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Human fetal kidney development is a complex and stepwise process. The number, shape, size and distribution of glomeruli provide important information on kidney organization. The aim of this study was to quantify glomerular developing forms during human fetal kidney development using stereological methods. METHODS: Kidney tissue specimens of 40 human fetuses with gestational ages ranging from 9 to 40 weeks were analyzed. Specimens were divided into eight groups based on gestational age, each corresponding to 1 lunar month. Stereological methods were used at the light microscopy level to estimate volume, surface and numerical density of the glomerular developing forms. RESULTS: During gestation, nephrogenesis continually advanced, and the number of nephrons increased. Volume, surface and numerical densities of vesicular forms and S-shaped bodies decreased gradually in parallel with gradual increases in estimated stereological parameters for vascularized glomeruli. Volume density and surface density of vascularized glomeruli increased gradually during fetal kidney development, and numerical density increased until the seventh lunar month. A relative decrease in vascularized glomeruli per unit volume of cortex occurred during the last 3 lunar months. Nephrogenesis began to taper off by 32 weeks and was completed by 36 weeks of gestation. The last sample in which we observed vesicles was from a fetus aged 32 weeks, and the last sample with S-shaped bodies was from a fetus aged 36 weeks. CONCLUSIONS: The present study is one of few quantitative studies conducted on human kidney development. Knowledge of normal human kidney morphogenesis during development could be important for future medical practice. Events occurring during fetal life may have significant consequences later in life.
BACKGROUND:Human fetal kidney development is a complex and stepwise process. The number, shape, size and distribution of glomeruli provide important information on kidney organization. The aim of this study was to quantify glomerular developing forms during human fetal kidney development using stereological methods. METHODS: Kidney tissue specimens of 40 human fetuses with gestational ages ranging from 9 to 40 weeks were analyzed. Specimens were divided into eight groups based on gestational age, each corresponding to 1 lunar month. Stereological methods were used at the light microscopy level to estimate volume, surface and numerical density of the glomerular developing forms. RESULTS: During gestation, nephrogenesis continually advanced, and the number of nephrons increased. Volume, surface and numerical densities of vesicular forms and S-shaped bodies decreased gradually in parallel with gradual increases in estimated stereological parameters for vascularized glomeruli. Volume density and surface density of vascularized glomeruli increased gradually during fetal kidney development, and numerical density increased until the seventh lunar month. A relative decrease in vascularized glomeruli per unit volume of cortex occurred during the last 3 lunar months. Nephrogenesis began to taper off by 32 weeks and was completed by 36 weeks of gestation. The last sample in which we observed vesicles was from a fetus aged 32 weeks, and the last sample with S-shaped bodies was from a fetus aged 36 weeks. CONCLUSIONS: The present study is one of few quantitative studies conducted on human kidney development. Knowledge of normal human kidney morphogenesis during development could be important for future medical practice. Events occurring during fetal life may have significant consequences later in life.
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Gestation age; Glomerulus; Human fetus; Kidney; Stereology
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