File:Renal - S-shaped body stage.jpg

Renal Development S-Shaped Body

Image shows the S-shaped body stage of renal nephron development in mouse kidney (E15.5)

• Left hand image - S-shaped body.
• Right hand image - MafB-GFP mice show restricted expression of GFP in podocytes. At this stage of development the immature podocytes form a single layer of cells adjacent to the glomerular cleft. As development progresses a capillary loop forms within the cleft and the early glomerulus is encircled by podocytes.

Links: Renal System Development | Image - Renal - podocyte development | Image - S-shaped body stage | Image - early glomerulus

Figure 1. Journal.pone.0024640.g001.png doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024640.g001 (images cropped from full figure)

Reference

Brunskill EW, Georgas K, Rumballe B, Little MH, Potter SS (2011) Defining the Molecular Character of the Developing and Adult Kidney Podocyte. PLoS ONE 6(9): e24640. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024640

PLoS One.

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