Tissue engineering and cell therapy approaches aim to take advantage of the repopulating
ability and plasticity of multipotent stem cells to regenerate lost or diseased tissue. Recently …

Regenerative medicine represents a critical clinical goal for patients with ESRD, but the
identification of renal adult multipotent progenitor cells has remained elusive. It is …

Bone marrow–and adult kidney–derived stem/progenitor cells hold promise in the
development of therapies for renal failure. Here is reported the identification and …

Acute kidney injury is followed by regeneration of damaged renal tubular epithelial cells.
The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that renal stem cells exist in the adult …

The kidney is a specialized low-regenerative organ with several different types of cellular
lineages; however, the identity of renal stem/progenitor cells with nephrogenic potential and …

The kidney has been considered a highly terminally differentiated organ of the body, and its
proliferative potential is low, with the result that it has been thought of as a most unlikely …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive loss in renal function over a period of months
or years. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) or stage 5 CKD ensues when renal function …

Progenitor cells in the kidney: Biology and therapeutic perspectives. The stem cell may be
viewed as an engineer who can read the blue print and become the building. The role of this …

Stem cells and progenitor cells in renal tissue. Stem cells and progenitor cells are necessary
for repair and regeneration of injured renal tissue. Infiltrating or resident stem cells can …

The scarcity of transplant allografts for diseased organs has prompted efforts at tissue
regeneration using seeded scaffolds, an approach hampered by the enormity of cell types …