Use of human embryonic stem cell-based models for male reproductive toxicity screening

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-221

  Krtolica, Ana ^a   Giritharan, Gnanaratnam ^a  

^a StemLifeLine Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryoid bodies; Human embryonic stem cells; In vitro model; Infertility; Toxicity screening

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAMETE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 77953596386     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2010.486470     Document Type: Review

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