EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT & STEM CELL COMPENDIUM
Content
All in Vivo Cells > Cell Card
Kidney
>
Pretubular Aggregates
>

Pretubular Aggregate Cells (PA)


Kid.PA.PACs
Pretubular aggregate cells are mesenchymal pre-epithelial cells which adhere to one another and later give rise to all epithelial cells of the nephron.

LHX1 (LIM1) and WNT4 are definitive markers of pretubular aggregates.
TS20 - TS28
Pretubular Aggregate Cells
Multiple Ancestors Single Ancestor No Descendants Develops from Part of Parent