Podocyte regeneration: who can become a podocyte?

Florian Grahammer; Nicola Wanner; Tobias B Huber

doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2013.04.009

Podocyte regeneration: who can become a podocyte?

Am J Pathol. 2013 Aug;183(2):333-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2013.04.009. Epub 2013 May 29.

Authors

Florian Grahammer¹, Nicola Wanner, Tobias B Huber

Affiliation

¹ Renal Division, Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

PMID: 23727347
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2013.04.009

Abstract

This Commentary highlights the article by Pippin et al that showed that renin lineage cells may enhance glomerular regeneration by serving as progenitors for glomerular epithelial cells in glomerular disease characterized by podocyte depletion.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / pathology*
Male
Podocytes / physiology*
Renin / metabolism*
Stem Cells / physiology*

Substances

Renin