OCT4 and downstream factors are expressed in human somatic urogenital epithelia and in culture of epididymal spheres

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 835-845

  Kristensen, David M ^a   Nielsen, John E ^a   Kalisz, Mark ^b   Dalgaard, Marlene D ^a   Audouze, Karine ^c   Larsen, Malene E ^c   Jacobsen, Grete K ^a   Horn, Thomas ^d   Brunak, Søren ^c   Skakkebaek, Niels E ^a   Leffers, Henrik ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b HAGEDORN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CD133; Epididymal sphere; Epididymis; OCT4; Prostate

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; CD133 ANTIGEN; CD44V ANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN REXL; PROTEIN UTF1; PROTEIN ZFP42; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PROSTATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRETINOIN; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956509115     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaq008     Document Type: Article

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