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Kidney organ regeneration research leaps forward November 30, 2014

Shinji Kitamura
Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

A KS cell cluster formed a kidney-like structure (KLS) after 4weeks of incubation using DMEM/F12 plus 10% FCS, 250ng/ml GDNF, 250ng/ml b-FGF, 250ng/ml HGF, 250ng/dl BMP-7 and 500 ng/ml EGF. Glomerulus-like structures were formed at the tips of the tubular structures, proximal like tubules, distal like tubules, collecting duct-like tubules and renal pelvis-like structures. G, glomerulus-like structure; Pr, proximal tubule-like structure; H, loop of Henle-like structure; D/C, distal tubule-like structure or collecting duct-like structure; Pe, renal pelvis-like structure.