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Author Spotlight: Generation of Patient-Derived Podocytes from Skin Biopsies
Published on: May 26, 2023
Basic research: Podocyte progenitors and ectopic podocytes
Laura Lasagni1, Paola Romagnani
1Excellence Centre for Research, Transfer and High Education for the Development of DE NOVO Therapies (DENOTHE), University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 85, Florence 50134, Italy.
Abstract:
Two types of parietal podocyte were previously described in the Bowman capsule: one characterized by coexpression of podocyte and parietal epithelial cell markers, the other characterized by expression of podocyte markers only. New research demonstrates that these populations represent podocyte progenitors and ectopic podocytes—distinct cell types with different clinical implications.
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