The renal vesicle is the primordial structure of the nephron epithelium, and is formed by the condensation of mesenchymal cells. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0072077 ]
Synonyms: stage I nephron
Term information
note that this class includes both metanephric and mesonephric vesicles - ZFA and EHDAA2 associations are placed with these classes. TODO - make a more specific develops_from relationship - see UBERON:0005107 ! metanephric cap
Term relations
- epithelial vesicle
- develops from some nephrogenic mesenchyme
- has potential to develop into some nephron epithelium
- part of some nephron progenitor
- developmentally induced by some ureteric bud