Current Bioengineering and Regenerative Strategies for the Generation of Kidney Grafts on Demand

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• 作者：Ximo García-Domínguez ; Jose S. Vicente ; Cesar D. Vera-Donoso…
• 关键词：Kidney disease ; Kidney engineering ; Blastocyst complementation ; Stem cells ; Kidney regeneration ; Decellularization
• 刊名：Current Urology Reports
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：18
• 期：1
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• 刊物主题：Urology; Nephrology;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1534-6285
• 卷排序：18

文摘

Currently in the USA, one name is added to the organ transplant waiting list every 15 min. As this list grows rapidly, fewer than one-third of waiting patients can receive matched organs from donors. Unfortunately, many patients who require a transplant have to wait for long periods of time, and many of them die before receiving the desired organ. In the USA alone, over 100,000 patients are waiting for a kidney transplant. However, it is a problem that affects around 6% of the word population. Therefore, seeking alternative solutions to this problem is an urgent work. Here, we review the current promising regenerative technologies for kidney function replacement. Despite many approaches being applied in the different ways outlined in this work, obtaining an organ capable of performing complex functions such as osmoregulation, excretion or hormone synthesis is still a long-term goal. However, in the future, the efforts in these areas may eliminate the long waiting list for kidney transplants, providing a definitive solution for patients with end-stage renal disease.