Hedgehog signaling is required for the maintenance of mesenchymal nephron progenitors.
Eunah ChungPatrick DeaconYueh-Chiang HuHee-Woong LimJoo-Seop ParkPublished in: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2023)
Our study demonstrates a previously unappreciated role of Hedgehog signaling in preventing premature depletion of mNPs by repressing Notch signaling and likely by activating the expression of pioneer factors.