The Central Mechanism of Kidney Development is
the Conversion of
Mesenchyme into Epithelia
MET: Kidney and Testis
EMT: Neural Crest, Endocardial cushion, Carcinoma, Damage to Tubules.
     Mesenchyme          Epithelia
     Motile, migratory         Sessile
     Few Cellular Contacts         Tightly Adherent
       NCAM           E-cadherin, ZO-1
     Diffuse Extracellular Matrix       Localized Matrix (basal)
       Collagen I III         Collagen IV
     Polarity by leading edge       Polarity Apical-Basal
     Vimentin IF           Cytokeratin IF
CYTOKINE
WNT