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FGF9 and FGF20 maintain the stemness of nephron progenitors in mice and man.
Developmental cell - 12 Jun 2012
Barak Hila, Huh Sung-Ho, Chen Shuang, Jeanpierre Cécile, Martinovic Jelena, Parisot Mélanie, Bole-Feysot Christine, Nitschké Patrick, Salomon Rémi, Antignac Corinne, Ornitz David M, Kopan Raphael
Abstract excerpt
The identity of niche signals necessary to maintain embryonic nephron progenitors is unclear. Here we provide evidence that Fgf20 and Fgf9, expressed in the niche, and Fgf9, secreted from the adjacent ureteric bud, are necessary and sufficient to maintain progenitor stemness. Reduction in the lev...
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