Fig. 1
From: Comparing adult renal stem cell identification, characterization and applications
Diagram showing some of the studied areas which may contain renal stem cells. Green areas or objects represent stem cells. In the glomerulus, stem cells are thought to reside in at the urinary pole of the Bowmans capsule and differentation into podocytes. Proximal tubules are thought to have an ischemia-resistant population of stem cells at their distal end. These cells proliferate to fill in areas of damage. In the base of the papilla, there is thought to be a population of stem cells which response to damage by producing cells which may migrate to the rest of the tissue