“…The rationale for examining the Notch pathway in renal regeneration includes the role this pathway plays in the regenerative response to injury in adult tissues such as kidney, liver, bone marrow, skin, muscle, intestine, heart, trachea, and pancreas (1,16,17,24,30,31,36,42,48,54). In addition, Notch signaling is involved in self-renewal and cell-fate commitment of tissue stem cells (14,21).…”