Xeno-free culture of human spermatogonial stem cells supported by human embryonic stem cell-derived fibroblast-like cells

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 557-565

  Chen, Bin ^a   Wang, Yu Bin ^a   Zhang, Zhi Ling ^b   Xia, Wei Liang ^c   Wang, Hong Xiang ^a   Xiang, Zu Qiong ^a   Hu, Kai ^a   Han, Yin Fa ^a   Wang, Yi Xin ^a   Huang, Yi Ran ^a   Wang, Zheng ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; CYTOKINE; GENE PRODUCT; NEUROGENIN 3; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN DAZL; PROTEIN STRA8; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 1; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FEEDER; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SELECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL DERIVED FIBROBLAST LIKE CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELL; STEM CELL;

ANTIGENS, CD15; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS;

EID: 70349154251     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2009.21     Document Type: Article

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