title: New insights into precursors of renal endothelium.
abstract: The kidney vasculature is extremely complex, yet, despite recent progress, our understanding of how the renal vascular system develops is limited. By using advanced tissue engineering techniques and in vivo and in vitro depletion of specific populations of endothelial cell precursors, Halt et al. have identified a CD146-expressing precursor as an important player in the development of the renal vasculature.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia, Child Health Research Center Department of Pediatrics, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Maria Luisa S
authors.initials: MLS
authors.lastname: Sequeira-Lopez
authors.affiliation: McGill University and McGill University Health Center Research Institute, Department of Medicine/Nephrology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: elena.torban@mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Torban
mesh_terms: D042783:Endothelial Cells; D004727:Endothelium; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*