Stepwise renal lineage differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells tracing in vivo development

► We induced renal lineages from mESCs by following the in vivo developmental cues. ► We induced nephrogenic intermediate mesoderm by stepwise addition of factors. ► We induced two types of renal progenitor cells by reciprocal conditioned media. ► We propose the potential role of CD24 for the enrichment of renal lineage cells.