Kidney development: Cell fate and precursors of disease in the young and adult

这个“儿科肾脏病学卓越中心”的总体目标是提供一个协调的， 跨学科和跨机构的方法来研究胚胎，胎儿， 产后生活该研究中心的主题是“肾脏发育和疾病：细胞命运 和疾病的前兆在年轻人和成年人。“从广义上讲，拟议的研究涉及基本的 儿科肾脏学中的临床相关问题，如对肾脏形态发生的理解 和体内平衡的关系。实验方法包括检查表观遗传 控制细胞命运，可塑性和身份的机制以及表型的细胞信号 在肾损伤和修复过程中发生的转化。项目1将研究RBP-J在细胞中的作用 肾血管系统的命运（Ariel Gomez，UVA）。项目2将研究肾单位的表观遗传控制 祖细胞寿命（Samir El-Dahr，Tulane）。项目3将探索肾脏的再生能力 输尿管梗阻和输尿管松解后（Maria Luisa塞凯拉洛佩斯，UVA）。试点和可行性项目（私营部门筹资和伙伴关系司） 在该计划的总主题内，将向广大大学、ASPN、 和成人肾脏病学计划，目的是为肾脏疾病的研究增加新的人才 小儿PFP的实例包括：试点1：输尿管周围芽周细胞和毛细血管的命运和功能 为了研究肾髓质的发育（Jing Yu，UVA），Pilot 2研究了泛连接蛋白在肾髓质发育中的作用。 血压和液体电解质稳态的控制（Brant Isakson，UVA.两个尖端的核心， 单细胞基因组学和质谱分析，以及生物信息学将增加科学和技术专长， 中心内外的各个实验室。该中心将得到一个行政核心的支持。 它将为中心参与者分配资源，执行征集程序， 选择PFP的候选人，维护中心网站和丰富/教育计划， 提供资源，支持研究生，开发储存库数据，讲习班， 研讨会和专题讨论会，以加强对肾脏发育和疾病的研究。儿科中心 卓越的肾脏病学拥有必要的专业知识，人力，重点，承诺和制度 支持实现提出的目标。预计卓越中心将导致 改善对患有肾脏和泌尿系统疾病的婴儿和儿童的管理。

The overall objective of this “Center of Excellence in Pediatric Nephrology” is to provide a coordinated, interdisciplinary, and inter-institutional approach to study the development of the kidney during embryonic, fetal and postnatal life. The main theme of this Research Center is “Kidney Development and Disease: Cell Fate and Precursors of Disease in the Young and Adult." Broadly, the proposed research deals with fundamental questions of clinical relevance in Pediatric Nephrology such as the understanding of kidney morphogenesis and homeostasis in health and disease. The experimental approaches range from examination of epigenetic mechanisms that control cell fate, plasticity, and identity and the cellular signals underlying the phenotypic transformation that occurs during kidney injury and repair. Project 1 will investigate the role of RBP-J in Cell fate of the Kidney Vasculature (Ariel Gomez, UVA). Project 2 will examine the epigenetic control of nephron progenitor cell lifespan (Samir El-Dahr, Tulane). Project 3 will explore the regenerative capacity of the kidney after ureteral obstruction and release (Maria Luisa Sequeira Lopez, UVA). Pilot and feasibility projects (PFP) within the general theme of the program will be solicited from the Universities at large, the ASPN, the ASN and adult nephrology programs with the objective to add new talent to the investigation of renal diseases in children. Examples of PFPs include: Pilot 1: Fate and function of peri-ureteric bud pericytes, and capillary development of the developing renal medulla (Jing Yu, UVA), Pilot 2 addresses the role of pannexins in the control of Blood pressure and fluid electrolyte homeostasis (Brant Isakson, UVA. Two cutting-edge Cores in Single Cell Genomics and Mass Cytometry, and Bioinformatics will add scientific and technical expertise to individual laboratories within and outside the Center. The Center will be supported by an Administrative Core which will allocate and distribute resources to Center participants, implement the procedures for soliciting and selecting candidates for the PFP, maintain a Center Website and an Enrichment/Educational program t o provide resources for support of research students, the development of repository data, workshops, seminars and symposia to enhance research in kidney development and disease. This Pediatric Center of Excellence in Nephrology has the necessary expertise, manpower, focus, commitment, and institutional support to accomplish the proposed goals. It is anticipated that the Center of Excellence will lead to improved management of infants and children with renal and urological diseases.