The tubules of the kidney display a remarkable capacity for self-renewal on damage.
Whether this regeneration is mediated by dedifferentiating surviving cells or, as recently …

It was recently reported that crude bone marrow cells have the ability to differentiate into
glomerular mesangial cells. However, the exact nature of the engrafting cells in the bone …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Recent genetic fate
mapping studies demonstrated that recovery from AKI occurs from intrinsic tubular cells. It is …

Side population (SP) cells in the adult kidney are proposed to represent a progenitor
population. However, the size, origin, phenotype, and potential of the kidney SP has been …

Purpose: Human amniotic fluid contains multiple cell types, including pluripotent and
committed progenitor cells, and fully differentiated cells. We characterized various cell …

Kidney is thought to be a regenerative organ in terms of repair from acute tubular injury. It is
unknown whether cell population contributes to repair disordered kidney. We attempted to …

The mechanism and magnitude by which the mammalian kidney generates and maintains
its proximal tubules, distal tubules, and collecting ducts remain controversial. Here, we use …

Very small embryonic-like cells (VSELs) are a population of very rare pluripotent stem cells
isolated in adult murine bone marrow and many other tissues and organs, including …

The present study was conducted to explore renal progenitor-like cells that are actively
engaged in tubular regeneration after injury. For addressing this issue, the existence of label …

Regeneration of human kidneys in animal models would help combat the severe shortage of
donors in transplantation therapy. Previously, we demonstrated by interspecific blastocyst …