ETV5 is required for continuous spermatogenesis in adult mice and may mediate blood-testes barrier function and testicular immune privilege

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1120, Issue , 2007, Pages 144-151

  Morrow, Carla M K ^a   Hostetler, Chris E ^b   Griswold, Mike D ^b   Hofmann, Marie Claude ^a   Murphy, Kenneth M ^c,d   Cooke, Paul S ^a   Hess, Rex A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Vet Biosciences   (United States)

Author keywords

ERM; Germ cell transplantation; Sertoli cell; Spermatogonial stem cell

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETV5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TYPE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GERM CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; INTERSTITIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

MUS;

EID: 38049053613     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1411.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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