Timing urinary tract reconstruction in rats to avoid hydronephrosis and fibrosis in the transplanted fetal metanephros as assessed using imaging

• Kotaro Nishi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Small Animal Surgery 2, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4961-2038

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• Takafumi Haji,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Small Animal Surgery 2, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori, Japan

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• Takuya Matsumoto,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Small Animal Surgery 2, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori, Japan

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• Chisato Hayakawa,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Small Animal Surgery 2, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori, Japan

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• Kenichi Maeda,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Software

  Affiliation Laboratory of Small Animal Surgery 2, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori, Japan

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• Shozo Okano,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

  Affiliation Laboratory of Small Animal Surgery 2, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori, Japan

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• Takashi Yokoo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Meiji University International Institute for Bio-Resource Research, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Satomi Iwai

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: iwai@vmas.kitasato-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Laboratory of Small Animal Surgery 2, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori, Japan, Meiji University International Institute for Bio-Resource Research, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

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