CAKUT	Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract
CM	Cap mesenchyme
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
ERK	Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
ESC	Embryonic stem cell
ETS	E26 transformation-specific
ETV	ETS translocation variant
EYA1	Eyes absent homolog 1
FGF	Fibroblast growth factor
FGFR	Fibroblast growth factor receptor
FRET	Förster resonance energy transfer
GDNF	Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor
GFRa1	GDNF family receptor alpha-1
IGF2	Insulin-like growth factor 2
IL-1β	Interleukin 1 beta
ITGA8	Integrin alpha 8
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MEK	MAPK/ERK kinase
MM	Metanephric mesenchyme
mTOR	Mammalian target of rapamycin
NP	Nephron progenitor
ODD1	Odd-skipped related 1
PAX	Paired box gene
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PLCγ/PKC	Phospholipase C gamma/protein kinase C
RTK	Receptor tyrosine kinase
RV	Renal vesicle
SIX	Sineoculis homeobox homolog
TNFα	Tumor necrosis factor alpha
UB	Ureteric bud
WT1	Wilms’ tumor 1