GDNF/Ret signaling and renal branching morphogenesis

The transcription factors Etv4 and Etv5 mediate formation of the ureteric bud tip domain during kidney development

(2010) S. Kuure et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Patterning a Complex Organ: Branching Morphogenesis and Nephron Segmentation in Kidney Development

(2010) Frank Costantini et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Kidney Development in the Absence of Gdnf and Spry1 Requires Fgf10

(2010) Odyssé Michos et al.   PLoS Genetics

Plumbing in the embryo: developmental defects of the urinary tracts

(2009) N Uetani et al.   CLINICAL GENETICS

Coordinate integrin and c-Met signaling regulate Wnt gene expression during epithelial morphogenesis

(2009) Y. Liu et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Ret-Dependent Cell Rearrangements in the Wolffian Duct Epithelium Initiate Ureteric Bud Morphogenesis

(2009) Xuan Chi et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

A novel role for the chemokine receptor Cxcr4 in kidney morphogenesis: An in vitro study

(2009) Joseph Ueland et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

A transgenic mouse that reveals cell shape and arrangement during ureteric bud branching

(2009) Xuan Chi et al.   GENESIS

The CXCL12 (SDF-1)/CXCR4 Axis Is Essential for the Development of Renal Vasculature

(2009) Y. Takabatake et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Etv4 and Etv5 are required downstream of GDNF and Ret for kidney branching morphogenesis

(2009) Benson C Lu et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Self-organization of engineered epithelial tubules by differential cellular motility

(2009) H. Mori et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Differential Interactions of FGFs with Heparan Sulfate Control Gradient Formation and Branching Morphogenesis

(2009) H. P. Makarenkova et al.   Science Signaling

Renal Aplasia in Humans Is Associated with RET Mutations

(2008) Michael A. Skinner et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Six2 Defines and Regulates a Multipotent Self-Renewing Nephron Progenitor Population throughout Mammalian Kidney Development

(2008) Akio Kobayashi et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Nephron number, glomerular volume, renal disease and hypertension

(2008) Wendy E Hoy et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION

Met and the epidermal growth factor receptor act cooperatively to regulate final nephron number and maintain collecting duct morphology

(2008) S. Ishibe et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Osr1 expression demarcates a multi-potent population of intermediate mesoderm that undergoes progressive restriction to an Osr1-dependent nephron progenitor compartment within the mammalian kidney

(2008) Joshua W. Mugford et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The branching programme of mouse lung development

(2008) Ross J. Metzger et al.   NATURE

Fate mapping using Cited1-CreERT2 mice demonstrates that the cap mesenchyme contains self-renewing progenitor cells and gives rise exclusively to nephronic epithelia

(2007) Scott Boyle et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY