Podocytes in metanephric organ culture express characteristic in vivo phenotypes.

doi:10.1007/s004180050142

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Podocytes in metanephric organ culture express characteristic in vivo phenotypes.

Histochemistry and cell biology - 1 Jul 1997

Nagata M, Watanabe T

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Podocytes outgrown from isolated glomeruli in vitro have failed to express fully differentiated in vivo phenotypes. In an attempt to determine whether podocytes in metanephric culture accomplish terminal differentiation, as observed in vivo, we investigated expression of their characteristic phen...

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Animals
Cell Differentiation
Cellular Senescence
Embryonic and Fetal Development
Immunohistochemistry
Kidney Glomerulus
Organ Culture Techniques
Phenotype
Rats
Rats, Wistar

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