The spermatogonial stem cell niche

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 580-585

  De Rooij, Dirk G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Niche; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonial stem cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CELL PROLIFERATION; TISSUE;

CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; INTERSTITIAL TISSUES; NICHE; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELL; STEM-CELL; TESTIS;

STEM CELLS;

ACTIVIN A; BETA1 INTEGRIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; FOLLITROPIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; LEUPRORELIN; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 6; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN RET; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PLZF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; INTERSTITIUM; LEYDIG CELL; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; TESTIS;

EID: 67650828882     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20699     Document Type: Review

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