Proliferation of spermatogonial stem cells and spermatogenesis in vitro

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-174

  Ogawa, Takehiko ^a   Kita, Kaoru ^a   Kubota, Yoshinobu ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Culture; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonial stem cell; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE MARKER; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR;

CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GERM CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO SPERMATOGENESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL;

EID: 33746881027     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0578.2006.00138.x     Document Type: Review

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