The kidney vasculature is extremely complex, yet, despite recent progress, our understanding of how the renal vascular system develops is limited. By using advanced tissue engineering techniques and in vivo and in vitro depletion of specific populations of endothelial cell precursors, Halt et al. have identified a CD146-expressing precursor as an important player in the development of the renal vasculature. Copyright © 2016 International Society of Nephrology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Maria Luisa S Sequeira-Lopez, Elena Torban. New insights into precursors of renal endothelium. Kidney international. 2016 Aug;90(2):244-6
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