GENERATION OF KIDNEY GLOMERULAR SPECIFIC ENDOTHELIAL CELLS AND METHODS OF USE

摘要

The present disclosure is directed to method of generating human glomeruli endothelial cells (HGECs) from human endothelial cells (ECs), comprising expressing in human ECs an exogenous nucleic acid encoding a T-box transcription factor 3 (Tbx3), alone or in combination with one or more of PR domain zinc finger protein 1 (Prdm1), GATA Binding Protein 5 (Gata5) and Pre-B-Cell Leukemia Transcription Factor 1 (Pbx1). Disclosed also are HGECs produced by the methods of the instant disclosure, as well as methods for using the same.