Kidney-based in vitro models for drug-induced toxicity testing

J Faria, S Ahmed, KGF Gerritsen, SM Mihaila… - Archives of …, 2019 - Springer
The kidney is frequently involved in adverse effects caused by exposure to foreign
compounds, including drugs. An early prediction of those effects is crucial for allowing novel …

Kidney organoids: accurate models or fortunate accidents

MH Little, AN Combes - Genes & Development, 2019 - genesdev.cshlp.org
There are now many reports of human kidney organoids generated via the directed
differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) based on an existing understanding of …

[PDF][PDF] Design approaches for generating organ constructs

Y Xia, JCI Belmonte - Cell Stem Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Organ constructs are organ-like structures grown in vitro or in vivo that harbor the
components, architecture, and function of in vivo organs, in part or in toto. The convergence …

[HTML][HTML] Evolving clinical applications of tissue transcriptomics in kidney disease

AL Oliverio, T Bellomo, LH Mariani - Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Nephrotic syndrome is classically categorized by the histopathology with examples
including focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and minimal change disease …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular characterization of nephron progenitors and their early epithelial derivative structures in the nephrogenic zone of the canine fetal kidney

R Faraj, A Irizarry-Alfonzo, P Puri - European Journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nephron progenitors (NPs) and nephrogenesis have been extensively studied in mice and
humans and have provided insights into the mechanisms of renal development, disease and …

[PDF][PDF] The Organization, Structure, and Role of Endothelial Cells During Organogenesis

E Daniel - 2019 - utswmed-ir.tdl.org
Cellular crosstalk is essential for proper organogenesis. Although originally assumed to be
simple conduits for blood, endothelial cells (ECs) actively coordinate organ development …