Disclosed in the present invention are a method for preparing renal
progenitor cells and use thereof. The method specifically comprises: inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into an intermediate
mesodermal cell stage by means of a GSK-3α / β inhibitor, and then inducing differentiation of cells in the intermediate
mesodermal cell stage into a cap
mesenchyme stage by using a combination of FGF-2 and an RAR / RXR
nuclear receptor agonist, so as to obtain renal
progenitor cells having distinct characteristics and potential specific to the cap
mesenchyme. According to the method, high-purity and high-quality renal
progenitor cells can be obtained without the need for sorting and purification, and the purity can reach 99.9%; the obtained renal progenitor cells have the differentiation potential of
kidney-like organs, are basically free of residual PSCs, have the differentiation potential of
kidney-like organs, and thus are suitable for clinical
cell therapy. Moreover, the method features simple, stable, and controllable operations, facilitating the large-scale preparation of safe, effective, high-purity, and homogeneous renal progenitor cells.