title: Planarian 'kidneys' go with the flow.
abstract: Flatworms have organs called protonephridia that could be used as a model system for the study of kidney disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Issigonis
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States.
authors.forename: Phillip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Newmark
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000378:metabolism*; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010932:Planarians / Q000502:physiology*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: cystic kidney disease; developmental biology; excretory system; planarian; stem cells