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Development of the Human Kidney: Immunohistochemical Findings

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Kidney Development in Renal Pathology

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The development of the human kidney is a complex process that requires interactions among multiple cell types of different embryological origin, including multipotential/stem cells, epithelial and mesenchymal cells: moreover, all these cell types undergo, during fetal kidney development, multiple steps of cellular differentiation, some of which have not well defined and characterized yet. The coordinate development of multiple highly specialized epithelial, vascular, and stromal cell types is a peculiar feature of the kidney architectural and functional complexity.

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  1. Department of Surgical Sciences, Division of Pathology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

    Daniela Fanni M.D., Ph.D. & Clara Gerosa M.D.

  2. Department of Pathology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium

    Peter Van Eyken M.D., Ph.D.

  3. Hepatology Clinic, Matsumoto, Japan

    Yukio Gibo M.D.

  4. Department of Surgical Sciences, Institute of Pathology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria and University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

    Gavino Faa M.D.

  5. Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Gavino Faa M.D.

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Fanni, D., Gerosa, C., Van Eyken, P., Gibo, Y., Faa, G. (2014). Development of the Human Kidney: Immunohistochemical Findings. 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_3

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