Organogenesis of the Kidney

This description of a model system for cell differentiation and organogenesis is written by one of the foremost researchers in the area.

Lauri Saxen (Author)

9780521301527, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 16 April 1987

184 pages
23.4 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.4 kg

This description of a model system for cell differentiation and organogenesis is written by one of the foremost researchers in the area. The main emphasis is on the mammalian kidney, but the book also deals with the development of the transien excretory organs. It includes discussions of induction, proliferation, early cytodifferentiation and morphogenesis and organogenesis. This authoritative account will be valuable to developmental biologists and also to scientists working in paediatric nephrology. As it gives the background of normal development and of control systems, it will also be of use to nephrologists working on abnormalities in the urinary tract.

Preface
1. Ontogenesis of the vertebrate excretory system
2. Experimental methods to study kidney development
3. Morphogenetic tissue interactions in the kidney
4. Experimental tubulogenesis
5. Vascularization of the nephron
6. Concluding remarks
References
Author index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Cellular biology [cytology PSF], Developmental biology [PSC]