Potency of germ cells and its relevance for regenerative medicine

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-29

  Mardanpour, Parisa ^a   Guan, Kaomei ^a   Nolte, Jessica ^a   Lee, Jae Ho ^a   Hasenfuss, Gerhard ^a   Engel, Wolfgang ^a   Nayernia, Karim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germline stem cells; Pluripotency; Regenerative medicine; Spermatogonial stem cells; Totipotency

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GAMETE; GAMETOGENESIS; GERM CELL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LIVER CELL; MALE FERTILITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ADULT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MALE; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SPERMATOGONIA; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 48049090436     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00930.x     Document Type: Review

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