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ArticleNature communications2025

Somites are a source of nephron progenitors in zebrafish.

Zhenzhen Peng, Thitinee Vanichapol, Phong Dang Nguyen, Hao-Han George Chang, Katrinka M Kocha, Lori L O'Brien, Peter D Currie, Peng Huang, Alan J Davidson

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Zhenzhen PengDepartment of Molecular Medicine & Pathology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0778-0578
Thitinee VanichapolDepartment of Molecular Medicine & Pathology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Phong Dang NguyenAustralian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1889-3276
Hao-Han George ChangDepartment of Molecular Medicine & Pathology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Katrinka M KochaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Lori L O'BrienDepartment of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0741-181X
Peter D CurrieAustralian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8874-8862
Peng HuangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7954-8869
Alan J DavidsonDepartment of Molecular Medicine & Pathology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. a.davidson@auckland.ac.nz.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5732-1193

Funding

Trophic interactions directing proper kidney developmentR01DK121014 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Lori L O'Brien · 2020 to 2026
$3.0M
Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 2016338Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada) PJT-169113U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) R01DK121014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For over a century it has been believed that the vertebrate kidney arises exclusively from the intermediate mesoderm. Here, we overturn this paradigm by demonstrating that some nephrons, the functional units of the kidney, originate from the somites- blocks of paraxial mesoderm best known for their contribution to muscle and connective tissues. Using a combination of the GESTALT technique to assign developmental ancestry, somite transplantation experiments and Cre-lox fate-mapping, we show that somites can contribute to the nephrons in the adult zebrafish kidney. Our findings uncover an unexpected developmental connection between the somites and kidneys, potentially offering new pathways for developing regenerative treatments for kidney diseases.

Indexed as

NephronsSomitesStem CellsZebrafishAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalKidneyMesodermZebrafish ProteinsZebrafish Proteins

Identifiers

PMID40715167
PMCPMC12297604

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