Ablation of the renal stroma defines its critical role in nephron progenitor and vasculature patterning.

The renal stroma is an embryonic cell population located in the cortex that provides a structural framework as well as a source of endothelial progenitors for the developing kidney. The exact role of the renal stroma in normal kidney development hasn't been clearly defined. However, previous st...

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Main Authors: Stephanie Hum, Christopher Rymer, Caitlin Schaefer, Daniel Bushnell, Sunder Sims-Lucas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3914987?pdf=render