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ArticleStem cell reports2014

Identification of a multipotent self-renewing stromal progenitor population during mammalian kidney organogenesis.

Akio Kobayashi, Joshua W Mugford, A Michaela Krautzberger, Natalie Naiman, Jessica Liao, Andrew P McMahon

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 135 papers.

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135citing papers in PubMed
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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135 citing papers in PubMed, 246 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Akio KobayashiDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 4 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Electronic address: akiok@uw.edu.
Joshua W MugfordDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
A Michaela KrautzbergerDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, W. M. Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1425 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Natalie NaimanRenal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 4 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Jessica LiaoRenal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 4 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Andrew P McMahonDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, W. M. Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1425 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Harvard University · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USBroad Center · US

Funding

Cell Interactions in Development of the Mammalian KidneyR37DK054364 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI MCMAHON, ANDREW P. · 2008 to 2017
$7.0M
CELL INTERACTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAMMALIAN KIDNEYR01DK054364 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI MCMAHON, ANDREW P. · 1998 to 2022
$6.9M
Genetic Regulation of Nephron Progenitor Cells in the Mammalian KidneyR01DK094933 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI KOBAYASHI, AKIO · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
NIDDK NIH HHS DK054364NIDDK NIH HHS DK094933NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK054364NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK094933NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK054364
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mammalian kidney is a complex organ consisting of multiple cell types. We previously showed that the Six2-expressing cap mesenchyme is a multipotent self-renewing progenitor population for the main body of the nephron, the basic functional unit of the kidney. However, the cellular mechanisms establishing stromal tissues are less clear. We demonstrate that the Foxd1-expressing cortical stroma represents a distinct multipotent self-renewing progenitor population that gives rise to stromal tissues of the interstitium, mesangium, and pericytes throughout kidney organogenesis. Fate map analysis of Foxd1-expressing cells demonstrates that a small subset of these cells contributes to Six2-expressing cells at the early stage of kidney outgrowth. Thereafter, there appears to be a strict nephron and stromal lineage boundary derived from Six2-expressing and Foxd1-expressing cell types, respectively. Taken together, our observations suggest that distinct multipotent self-renewing progenitor populations coordinate cellular differentiation of the nephron epithelium and renal stroma during mammalian kidney organogenesis.

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Cell LineageAnimalsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedEmbryonic Stem CellsEpithelial CellsForkhead Transcription FactorsHomeodomain ProteinsKidneyMiceMice, Inbred C57BLStromal CellsTranscription FactorsForkhead Transcription FactorsFoxd1 protein, mouseHomeodomain ProteinsSix2 protein, mouseTranscription Factors

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PMID25358792
PMCPMC4223698
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