Induced pluripotent stem cells from adult testis: A new source of stem cells?

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-5

  Skutella, Thomas ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURFACE; EDITORIAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL EXPANSION; TESTIS CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION; ADULT; CYTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; STEM CELL; TESTIS;

ADULT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MALE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 58949096249     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17460751.4.1.3     Document Type: Editorial

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