Notch signaling maintains Leydig progenitor cells in the mouse testis

Development

Volumn 135, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 3745-3753

  Tang, Hao ^a   Brennan, Jennifer ^a   Karl, Jeannie ^a   Hamada, Yoshio ^b   Raetzman, Lori ^c   Capel, Blanche ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Germ cell; Hes1; Leydig cell; Mouse; Notch; Stem cells; Testis cord

Indexed keywords

GAMMA SECRETASE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HES1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SECRETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 59149105316     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.024786     Document Type: Article

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