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. 2018 Oct 3;8:14723. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33082-x

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Proposed mechanisms of foot process width (FPW) improvement according to the treatment after PAN injection. Kidney-derived c-kit+ progenitor/stem cells and BM-MSC contributed equally to accelerate podocyte recovery in a time-dependent manner, although c-kit+ progenitor/stem cells exhibited multi-compartment engraftment and differentiated into podocyte-like cells. These cells activated autophagy and targeted podocyte cytoskeleton by modulating α-Actinin-4 rearrangement and mTORC2 pathway as well.