Isolation of male germ stem cell-like cells from testicular tissue of non-obstructive azoospermic patients and differentiation into haploid male germ cells in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 471-476

  Lee, Dong Ryul ^a   Kim, Kye Seong ^b   Yang, Yun Hee ^a   Oh, Hwa Soon ^a   Lee, Sook Hwan ^a   Chung, Tae Gyu ^a   Cho, Jung Hyun ^a   Kim, Hyun Joo ^a   Yoon, Tae Ki ^a   Cha, Kwang Yul ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Embryo production; Germ stem cell like cells; Haploid male germ cells; Non obstructive azoospermic patients; Spermatogenesis in vitro

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CALCIUM ALGINATE; GELATIN; HISTONE H2B; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GERM CELL; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; STEM CELL; TESTIS; TETRAPLOIDY;

EID: 31544478808     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei319     Document Type: Article

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