GLI3 Repressor Controls Nephron Number via Regulation of Wnt11 and Ret in Ureteric Tip Cells

High-resolution gene expression analysis of the developing mouse kidney defines novel cellular compartments within the nephron progenitor population

(2009) Joshua W. Mugford et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

(2008) Akio Kobayashi et al.   Cell Stem Cell

A Wnt7b-dependent pathway regulates the orientation of epithelial cell division and establishes the cortico-medullary axis of the mammalian kidney

(2008) J. Yu 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

Canonical WNT/β-catenin signaling is required for ureteric branching

(2008) Darren Bridgewater et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A Common RET Variant Is Associated with Reduced Newborn Kidney Size and Function

(2008) Z. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

SIX2 and BMP4 Mutations Associate With Anomalous Kidney Development

(2008) S. Weber et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

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