The kidney medulla is the inner part of the kidney. Its main function is to control the concentration of urine. The loop of Henle and the collecting ducts absorb water, salts, and acids as fluid ...

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

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. ... Loops of Henle and ...

At later stages, they wrote, the ureteric bud organoids differentiate into collecting duct organoids, which contain >95% collecting duct cell types. This was determined through single-cell RNA ...

Their creatinine and urea levels - two important laboratory indicators of kidney function ... (2018): "GRHL2 Is Required for Collecting Duct Epithelial Barrier Function and Renal Osmoregulation." ...

In addition, it may also have a function in the adult kidney. We further extend our study by showing increased RET and GDNF expression in collecting duct cysts of polycystic kidney patients.

The kidney, a critical organ for waste filtration and fluid regulation, is the subject of a groundbreaking molecular mapping project that could reshape our understanding of renal health. Despite ...

Background: Collecting duct carcinoma (CDC), accounting for less than 1% of kidney cancer, demonstrates an aggressive course and extremely poor prognosis. There are still no standard treatment ...

Collecting duct carcinoma (CDC) is a rare and aggressive form of kidney cancer. It develops in the Bellini duct, or the collecting duct, of the kidneys. It may cause no symptoms until it is in an ...

However, Professor Nishinakamura's research group induced collecting ducts from human iPS cells via ureteric buds in 2017, and have since been attempting to reproduce cysts derived from collecting ...