Stem cell factor affects fate determination of human gonocytes in vitro

Reproduction

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 757-765

  Tu, Jiongjiong ^a   Fan, Liqing ^a   Tao, Ke ^a   Zhu, Wenbing ^a   Li, Jianjun ^b   Lu, Guangxiu ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Changsha   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 4; STEM CELL FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; HUMANS; MALE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SPERMATOCYTES; STEM CELL FACTOR; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TESTIS;

EID: 37549033079     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-07-0161     Document Type: Article

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