Single-cell analyses of renal cell cancers reveal insights into tumor microenvironment, cell of origin, and therapy response

Y Zhang, SP Narayanan, R Mannan… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Diverse subtypes of renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) display a wide spectrum of
histomorphologies, proteogenomic alterations, immune cell infiltration patterns, and clinical …

Biomarker discovery for renal cancer stem cells

C Corro, H Moch - The Journal of Pathology: Clinical Research, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Characterised by high intra‐and inter‐tumor heterogeneity, metastatic renal cell carcinoma
(RCC) is resistant to chemo‐and radiotherapy. Therefore, the development of new …

Kidney cells regeneration: dedifferentiation of tubular epithelium, resident stem cells and possible niches for renal progenitors

NV Andrianova, MI Buyan, LD Zorova… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
A kidney is an organ with relatively low basal cellular regenerative potential. However, renal
cells have a pronounced ability to proliferate after injury, which undermines that the kidney …

Organoids as a new model for improving regenerative medicine and cancer personalized therapy in renal diseases

L Grassi, R Alfonsi, F Francescangeli, M Signore… - Cell death & …, 2019 - nature.com
The pressure towards innovation and creation of new model systems in regenerative
medicine and cancer research has fostered the development of novel potential therapeutic …

The FGF, TGFβ and WNT axis Modulate Self-renewal of Human SIX2+ Urine Derived Renal Progenitor Cells

MS Rahman, W Wruck, LS Spitzhorn, L Nguyen… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Human urine is a non-invasive source of renal stem cells with regeneration potential. Urine-
derived renal progenitor cells were isolated from 10 individuals of both genders and distinct …

The great escape: the power of cancer stem cells to evade programmed cell death

V Castelli, A Giordano, E Benedetti, F Giansanti… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Several current therapies fail to eradicate tumors due to the ability of
cancer stem cells (CSCs) to escape different programmed cell deaths. In fact, apoptosis …

Age-Associated Loss in Renal Nestin-Positive Progenitor Cells

MI Buyan, NV Andrianova, VA Popkov… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The decrease in the number of resident progenitor cells with age was shown for several
organs. Such a loss is associated with a decline in regenerative capacity and a greater …

Urine-derived kidney progenitor cells in cystinosis

K Veys, SP Berlingerio, D David, T Bondue, K Held… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nephropathic cystinosis is an inherited lysosomal storage disorder caused by pathogenic
variants in the cystinosin (CTNS) gene and is characterized by the excessive shedding of …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution, Contribution and Regulation of Nestin+ Cells

Z Tong, Z Yin - Journal of Advanced Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Nestin is an intermediate filament first reported in neuroepithelial stem cells.
Nestin expression could be found in a variety of tissues throughout all systems of the body …

Extracellular vesicles mediate cellular interactions in renal diseases—novel views of intercellular communications in the kidney

PL Zhang, ML Liu - Journal of cellular physiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The kidney is a complicated and important internal organ receiving approximately 20% of
the cardiac output and mediates numerous pathophysiologic actions. These include …