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Table 1 Summary of renal stem cell isolation papers

From: Comparing adult renal stem cell identification, characterization and applications

Sources

Species

Location

Stem cell population markers

BrdU LRC identification

Colony formation

Demonstrated differentiation potential

Epithelial

Podocyte

Osteogenic

Adipogenic

Neurogenic

Endothelial

Hepatic

[18]

R/M

Bowman’s capsule

 

X

  

X

     

[13]

H

Bowman’s capsule

CD133, CD24, CD106, CD105, CD54, CD44

 

X

X

 

X

X

X

  

[14]

H

Bowman’s capsule

CD133, CD24, Bmi-1

 

X

X

X

     

[11]

H

Bowman’s capsule

CD133, CD24, CD106, vimentin

 

X

X

X

     
  

Proximal tubule

CD133, CD24, vimentin

 

X

X

      

[26, 41]

R

Proximal tubules

 

X

 

X

      

[46]

R

Proximal tubules

CD90, CD44, vimentin, Oct4, Pax-2

 

X

    

X

X

X

[45, 69]

R

S3 segment proximal tubule

Mosahi-1, vimentin, c-met, sca-1, c-kit, pax-2, GDNF, WT-1, wnt-4

 

X

       

[53]

H

Cortex

CD133, Pax-2, CD73, CD29

 

X

X

    

X

 

[48]

H

Proximal tubules

CD133, CD42, vimentin, BCL2, KRT7, KRT19, MYOF

         

[21]

R/M

Papilla

 

X

X

X

   

X

  

[30]

M

Papilla

Nestin

       

X

 

[22]

R/M

Papilla

CD133, CD24a

X

        

[33]

H

Papillary Loop of Henle

CD133, nestin, SSEA4, Nanog, Sox2

 

X

X

   

X

  

[34]

H

Papillary Loop of Henle

CD133, Nestin, CD73, CD29, CD44, CD146, SSEA4, Cytokeratin, Vimentin, Pax-2, Six1, Six2, Oct4, c-Myc, Klf4

 

X

X

      

[65]

H

Unspecific

CD133

 

X

X

X

   

X

 
  1. Rat (R), Mouse (M), Human (H). The table is organized by the stem cell location within the kidney. The large variability between identified cell markers and differentiation potential is clear. X’s indicate positive occurrences of the corresponding column description. Blank spaces do not imply negative results