OCT4 induces long-lived dedifferentiated kidney progenitors poised to redifferentiate in 3D kidney spheroids.

"Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"We wish to thank Prof. Zohar Dotan from the Department of Urology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, for providing human kidney tissue samples. The work is supported by 10.13039/501100003977ISF (Israel Science Foundation) grants 910/11 and 2071/17, the Israel Ministry of Industry “NOFAR” program, Wolfoson Clore Mayer, and the Sagol Center for Regenerative Medicine, 10.13039/100008235School of Medicine, 10.13039/501100004375Tel Aviv University (B.D.); an NIH-NIDDK Diabetic Complications Pilot & Feasibility grant (DK076169), the NephroTools FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network (project 289754), and The Lisa and David Pulver Family Foundation (B.D.). E.M. is the Arthur Gutterman Family Chair for Stem Cell Research. This work was partially supported by a generous gift from Arthur Gutterman to E.M. and B.D."