The subject of the present invention is to provide a means to producing an
erythropoietin-producing organoid using mesenchymal stem cell derived
from a mammal. It is a method for producing erythropoietin-producing
organoid (organ-like structure) precursor, comprising the step of
transplanting mesenchymal stem cell derived from a mammal into an embryo
within a pregnant mammalian host or an embryo separated from a pregnant
mammalian host to thereby induce the differentiation of the mesenchymal
stem cell, in particular, a site to which the mesenchymal stem cell is to
be transplanted is a nephrogenic site of the embryo, and a timing of
transplantation corresponds to the stage in which a immune system of the
host is still immunologically tolerant.