Development of the kidney is a complicated and tightly regulated process. Although several genes responsible for the renal development have been identified to date, the precise mechanisms of spatial and temporal regulation remain to be elucidated. Therefore, expanding our knowledge of molecules that are associated with nephrogenesis will be helpful to understand the whole process.
Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Box A8, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. taka@medone.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
