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Metanephric mesenchyme contains embryonic renal stem cells.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology - 1 Oct 2002
Oliver Juan A, Barasch Jonathan, Yang Jun, Herzlinger Doris, Al-Awqati Qais
Abstract excerpt
Renal epithelial cells derive from either cells of the metanephric mesenchyme or ureteric bud cells, but the origin of other renal cells is unclear. To test whether metanephric mesenchymal cells generate cells other than epithelial, we examined the developmental potential of a metanephric mesenchymal cell line (7.1.1 cells) and of primary cultures of metanephric mesenchymal cells. 7.1.1 Cells express both...
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