Preparation of Human Kidney Progenitor Cultures and Their Differentiation into Podocytes

Autor: Maria Elena Melica, Maria Lucia Angelotti, Giulia Antonelli, Anna Peired, Carolina Conte, Letizia De Chiara, Benedetta Mazzinghi, Elena Lazzeri, Laura Lasagni, Paola Romagnani
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Bio-Protocol, Vol 13, Iss 16 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2331-8325
DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.4757
Popis: Kidney diseases are a global health concern. Modeling of kidney disease for translational research is often challenging because of species specificities or the postmitotic status of kidney epithelial cells that make primary cultures, for example podocytes. Here, we report a protocol for preparing primary cultures of podocytes based on the isolation and in vitro propagation of immature kidney progenitor cells subsequently differentiated into mature podocytes. This protocol can be useful for studying physiology and pathophysiology of human kidney progenitors and to obtain differentiated podocytes for modeling podocytopathies and other kidney disorders involving podocytes.Graphical overview
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