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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Raphael Kopan
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-66202 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Chen Shuang S Brunskill Eric W EW Potter S Steven SS Dexheimer Phillip J PJ Salomonis Nathan N Aronow Bruce J BJ Hong Christian I CI Zhang Tongli T Kopan Raphael R
Developmental cell 20151001 1
During fetal development, nephrons of the metanephric kidney form from a mesenchymal progenitor population that differentiates en masse before or shortly after birth. We explored intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms controlling progenitor lifespan in a transplantation assay that allowed us to compare engraftment of old and young progenitors into the same young niche. The progenitors displayed an age-dependent decrease in proliferation and concomitant increase in niche exit rates. Single-cell trans ...[more]