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NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 15, Issue 12, Pages 1507-+Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2872
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- California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- Nomis Foundation
- Fundacion Cellex
- G. Harold and L. Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation
- Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
- IPSEN Foundation
- Fundacio La Marato de TV3 [121330]
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- ISCIII-TERCEL-MINECO
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Diseases affecting the kidney constitute a major health issue worldwide. Their incidence and poor prognosis affirm the urgent need for the development of new therapeutic strategies. Recently, differentiation of pluripotent cells to somatic lineages has emerged as a promising approach for disease modelling and cell transplantation. Unfortunately, differentiation of pluripotent cells into renal lineages has demonstrated limited success. Here we report on the differentiation of human pluripotent cells into ureteric-bud-committed renal progenitor-like cells. The generated cells demonstrated rapid and specific expression of renal progenitor markers on 4-day exposure to defined media conditions. Further maturation into ureteric bud structures was accomplished on establishment of a three-dimensional culture system in which differentiated human cells assembled and integrated alongside murine cells for the formation of chimeric ureteric buds. Altogether, our results provide a new platform for the study of kidney diseases and lineage commitment, and open new avenues for the future application of regenerative strategies in the clinic.
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