Journal article
Branching morphogenesis in the developing kidney 1 is not impacted by nephron formation or integration
KM Short, AN Combes, V Lisnyak, JG Lefevre, LK Jones, MH Little, NA Hamilton, IM Smyth
Elife | ELIFE SCIENCES PUBLICATIONS LTD | Published : 2018
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.38992
Abstract
Branching morphogenesis of the ureteric bud is integral to kidney development; establishing the collecting ducts of the adult organ and driving organ expansion via peripheral interactions with nephron progenitor cells. A recent study suggested that termination of tip branching within the developing kidney involved stochastic exhaustion in response to nephron formation, with such a termination event representing a unifying developmental process evident in many organs. To examine this possibility we have profiled the impact of nephron formation and maturation on elaboration of the ureteric bud during mouse kidney development. We find a distinct absence of random branch termination events withi..
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Funding Acknowledgements
[ "National Health and Medical Research Council 1002748 Melissa H. Little", "Australian Research Council DP160103100 Nicholas A. Hamilton Ian M. Smyth", "Human Frontier Science Program RGP0039/2011 Melissa H. Little Ian M. Smyth", "National Health and Medical Research Council 1063696 Melissa H. Little", "The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication." ]