"Pronephros" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The primordial kidney that develops from the INTERMEDIATE MESODERM in the embryos of vertebrates, and is succeeded by the MESONEPHROS. In higher vertebrates and humans, the pronephros is a vestigial and transient structure.
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D060910
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A16.835
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pronephros" by people in Profiles.
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Nephrin and Podocin functions are highly conserved between the zebrafish pronephros and mammalian metanephros. Mol Med Rep. 2014 Feb; 9(2):457-65.