Spermatogonial stem cell self-renewal requires OCT4, a factor downregulated during retinoic acid-induced differentiation

Stem Cells

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2928-2937

  Dann, Christina Tenenhaus ^a,c   Alvarado, Alma L ^a   Molyneux, Laura A ^a   Denard, Bray S ^a   Garbers, David L ^a,b   Porteus, Matthew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

OCT4; Pou5f1; Retinoic acid; RNA interference; Spermatogonia; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL ACETATE; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GERM LINE; LENTIVIRINAE; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS; TRETINOIN; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 56249098365     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2008-0134     Document Type: Article

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