Are renal proximal tubular epithelial cells constantly prepared for an emergency? Focus on “The proliferation capacity of the renal proximal tubule involves the bulk of differentiated epithelial cells”

Abstract

a human kidney contains approximately one million functional units (the nephrons) that consist of a filter (the glomerulus) and a processing portion (the proximal, intermediate, and distal tubule). The glomeruli produce ∼180 liters of primary filtrate every day of which only 1 to 2 liters are