Nestin, a neuroectodermal stem cell marker molecule, is expressed in Leydig cells of the human testis and in some specific cell types from human testicular tumours

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 316, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 369-376

  Lobo, Maria V T ^a,b   Arenas, Maria I ^a   Alonso, F Javier M ^a   Gomez, Gonzalo ^a   Bazán, Eulalia ^a   Paíno, Carlos L ^a   Fernández, Eldiberto ^a   Fraile, Benito ^b   Paniagua, Ricardo ^b   Moyano, Alfredo ^a   Caso, Enrique ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COMPLEX OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human; Leydig cells; Nestin; Rat (e15 sprague dawley); Sertoli cells; Testicular tumours; Testis

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; NESTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; CRYSTALLOID; CYTOPLASM; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MESENCHYME; MESENCHYME CELL; NEUROECTODERM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPINDLE CELL; STEM CELL; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS TERATOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; ECTODERM; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; STEM CELLS; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 3042541872     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-003-0848-4     Document Type: Article

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