title: Podocyte regeneration: who can become a podocyte?
abstract: This Commentary highlights the article by Pippin et al that showed that renin lineage cells may enhance glomerular regeneration by serving as progenitors for glomerular epithelial cells in glomerular disease characterized by podocyte depletion.
authors.affiliation: Renal Division, Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grahammer
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wanner
authors.forename: Tobias B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Huber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005923:Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D050199:Podocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D012083:Renin / Q000378:metabolism*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D012083:Renin