Renal and Bone Marrow Cells Fuse after Renal Ischemic Injury

Ling Li, Phu Truong, Peter Igarashi, Fangming Lin

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 2007 · 55 citations · 45 references

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Abstract

After acute kidney injury, bone marrow cells contribute to renal repair by converting into renal cells, but the mechanism of this conversion is not well understood. To determine whether cell fusion between bone marrow cells and injured renal cells plays a role, we subjected female mice expressing

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