TY - JOUR
T1 - Report on ISN Forefronts, Florence, Italy, 12-15 September 2013
T2 - Stem cells and kidney regeneration
AU - Romagnani, Paola
AU - Humphreys, Benjamin D.
N1 - Funding Information:
Meeting Organizing Committee: Paola Romagnani, Benjamin D. Humphreys, and Piero Anversa. ISN Team: Jenny Bateman, Arabelle Fourgo, and Rik Bollaert. This meeting was organized and supported by the International Society of Nephrology, the University of Florence, the European Community under the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2012-2016), grant number 305436, and from the European Research Council (FP7/2007–2013), ERC grant number 205027 (FP7/2007–2013).
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - In recent years it has become clear that most organs and tissues, including kidney, contain resident stem/progenitor cells. Stem cells are undifferentiated, long-lived cells that are unique in their ability to produce differentiated daughter cells and to retain their stem cell identity by self-renewal. A primary goal of this meeting was to review the current understanding of kidney stem cells and mechanisms of kidney regeneration in both lower vertebrates and mammals. Presenters covered a broad range of topics including stem cell quiescence, epigenetics, transcriptional control circuits, dedifferentiation, pluripotent stem cells, renal progenitors, and novel imaging approaches in kidney regeneration. By the end of this highly interactive conference it was clear we are entering into very exciting times for regenerative medicine and the kidney.
AB - In recent years it has become clear that most organs and tissues, including kidney, contain resident stem/progenitor cells. Stem cells are undifferentiated, long-lived cells that are unique in their ability to produce differentiated daughter cells and to retain their stem cell identity by self-renewal. A primary goal of this meeting was to review the current understanding of kidney stem cells and mechanisms of kidney regeneration in both lower vertebrates and mammals. Presenters covered a broad range of topics including stem cell quiescence, epigenetics, transcriptional control circuits, dedifferentiation, pluripotent stem cells, renal progenitors, and novel imaging approaches in kidney regeneration. By the end of this highly interactive conference it was clear we are entering into very exciting times for regenerative medicine and the kidney.
KW - acute kidney injury
KW - chronic kidney disease
KW - stem cell
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84903768992&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/ki.2014.32
DO - 10.1038/ki.2014.32
M3 - Article
C2 - 24897031
AN - SCOPUS:84903768992
SN - 0085-2538
VL - 86
SP - 23
EP - 27
JO - Kidney International
JF - Kidney International
IS - 1
ER -