Intratubular transplantation as a strategy for establishing animal models of testicular germ cell tumours

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 342-349

  Li, Yunmin ^b   Kido, Tatsuo ^b   Luo, Jinping ^c   Fukuda, Michiko ^d   Dobrinski, Ina ^c   Lau, Yun Fai Chris ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Intratubular transplantation; Oncogenesis; Testicular germ cell tumours

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER MODEL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL SELECTION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; GENE FUNCTION; GERM CELL TUMOR; INTRATUBULAR TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TRANSGENE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 51349156672     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2008.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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