Differentiation markers of Sertoli cells and germ cells in fetal and early postnatal human testis

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-177

  Franke, Folker E ^a   Pauls, Katharina ^a,b   Rey, Rodolfo ^c,d   Marks, Alexander ^e   Bergmann, Martin ^a   Steger, Klaus ^a,f  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Hospital de Niños R Gutiérrez   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti M llerian hormone; Cytokeratin 18; Germ cells; Sertoli cells; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 18; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GERM CELL; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

AGING; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOWN-REGULATION; FETUS; GERM CELLS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATINS; MALE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTICULAR HORMONES; TESTIS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 11944257194     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-004-0434-x     Document Type: Article

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