cell differentiation involved in kidney development +
cell migration involved in kidney development +
cell proliferation involved in kidney development +
cell-cell signaling involved in kidney development +
collecting duct development +
glomerular mesangium development +
growth plate cartilage development +
juxtaglomerular apparatus development +
kidney epithelium development +
kidney mesenchyme development +
kidney morphogenesis +
kidney smooth muscle tissue development +
kidney stroma development
kidney vasculature development +
lung connective tissue development
mesonephros development +
metanephros development +
negative regulation of kidney development +
nephron development +
pattern specification involved in kidney development +
positive regulation of kidney development +
pronephros development +
prostate gland stromal morphogenesis
pyramid development +
regulation of kidney development +
renal capsule development +
The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the renal capsule over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The renal capsule is the tough fibrous layer surrounding the kidney, covered in a thick layer of perinephric adipose tissue. It provides some protection from trauma and damage. During development, it comprises a single layer of flattened cells that lie just above the cortical stroma and the condensed mesenchyme of the nephrogenic zone. It is in this region that the early stages of nephron induction and formation of new generations ureteric bud branches occur, as the kidney expands.