Developmental Programming of Branching Morphogenesis in the Kidney.

The kidney developmental program encodes the intricate branching and organization of approximately 1 million functional units (nephrons). Branching regulation is poorly understood, as is the source of a 10-fold variation in nephron number. Notably, low nephron count increases the risk for developing...

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Published in:Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) Vol. 26; no. 10; pp. 2414 - 2423
Main Authors: Sampogna, Rosemary V, Schneider, Laura, Al-Awqati, Qais
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Oct2015
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