Signaling pathways in spermatogonial stem cells and their disruption by toxicants

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-42

  Lucas, Benjamin ^a   Fields, Christopher ^a   Hofmann, Marie Claude ^a  

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

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; Phthalates; Signaling pathways; Spermatogonial stem cells

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; FUNGICIDE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NANOPARTICLE; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHEMICAL STRESS; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FERTILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MALE; NANOPARTICLES; PHTHALIC ACIDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS;

EID: 64149130904     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20145     Document Type: Review

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