The renal medulla is the part of the kidney that controls the concentration of urine. Learn more here.

At later stages, they wrote, the ureteric bud organoids differentiate into collecting duct organoids, which contain >95% collecting duct cell types.

The human kidney is a masterclass in biological engineering. Responsible for filtering approximately 50 gallons of blood ...

Collecting duct carcinoma is a rare and aggressive form of kidney cancer. Learn more about its causes and symptoms here.

Genetically modified mice produce more urine Experiments conducted in collecting duct cell cultures showed that GRHL2 has a significant impact on the permeability of the connection between cells.

When researchers checked the expression of the receptor for the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin, which acts on the collecting duct, they found that it was only expressed in the collecting duct.

In the new paper, the team created a high-resolution molecular atlas of the human kidney, leveraging a cutting-edge imaging mass spect technique called MALDI and interpretable machine learning.

The structure and function of the kidney, including its roles in urine production and homeostasis. This is the first in a series of articles examining the renal system.

Novel kidney organoid recapitulating the patterned distribution of principal cells (red) and intercalated cells (green) of an adult kidney's collecting duct system.