Male germ line stem cells: From cell biology to cell therapy?

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 323-331

  Lin, David Pei Cheng ^a   Chang, Ming Yu ^a   Chen, Bo Yie ^a   Chang, Han Hsin ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Germ line stem cell transplantation; Infertility; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonia; Transgenesis; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; LEUPRORELIN;

CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CELL MANIPULATION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0942266208     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/rd03046     Document Type: Review

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