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Molecular Regulation of Kidney Development

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Kidney Development in Renal Pathology

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Here the main molecular mechanisms involved in kidney development in different animal species will be described. The majority of molecular data regarding nephrogenesis will be relative to the developing mouse kidney, which is currently the best-characterized model of renal organogenesis at a transcriptional level.

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Gerosa, C., Fanni, D., Nemolato, S., Faa, G. (2014). Molecular Regulation of Kidney Development. In: Faa, G., Fanos, V. (eds) Kidney Development in Renal Pathology. Current Clinical Pathology. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0947-6_2

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