Leukaemia inhibitory factor stimulates proliferation of prospermatogoniai stem cells

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 717-721

  Nikolova, Diana B ^a   Martinova, Yordanka S ^a   Seidensticker, Martin ^b   Bellvé, Anthony R ^b  

^a Institute of Experimental Morphology and Anthropology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences   (Bulgaria)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Seminiferous growth factor (SGF)

Indexed keywords

LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031420555     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/R96116     Document Type: Article

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