Xenografting of human fetal testis tissue: A new approach to study fetal testis development and germ cell differentiation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2405-2414

  Mitchell, Rod T ^a   Saunders, Philippa T K ^a   Childs, Andrew J ^a   Cassidy Kojima, Claire ^a   Anderson, Richard A ^a   Wallace, W Hamish B ^b   Kelnar, Chris J H ^b   Sharpe, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disorders of sexual differentiation; fetal germ cell differentiation; fetal testis; testicular dysgenesis syndrome; xenografts

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GERM CELL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS XENOGRAFT; TISSUE GRAFT; XENOGRAFT;

MUS MUSCULUS; MYOIDA;

EID: 77956902853     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq183     Document Type: Article

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