Immature rat seminiferous tubules reconstructed in vitro express markers of Sertoli cell maturation after xenografting into nude mouse hosts

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-110

  Gassei, K ^a   Ehmcke, J ^a,b   Wood, M A ^a   Walker, W H ^a   Schlatt, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Sertoli cell; Testicular development; Three dimensional cell culture; Xenografting

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; AROMATASE; CYTOKERATIN 18; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOGRAFT;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL VESICLES; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 77949538754     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gap081     Document Type: Article

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