Newer insights into premeiotic development of germ cells in adult human testis using Oct-4 as a stem cell marker

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1093-1106

  Bhartiya, Deepa ^a   Kasiviswanathan, Sandhya ^a   Unni, Sreepoorna K ^a   Pethe, Prasad ^a   Dhabalia, Jayesh V ^b   Patwardhan, Sujata ^b   Tongaonkar, Hemant B ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Embryonic stem cells; Nuclear reprogramming; Oct 4; Oct 4A; Oct 4B; Proliferation; Spermatogonia; Testis

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4A; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4B; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPIGENETICS; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM;

AGED; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS; TESTIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650162604     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2010.956870     Document Type: Article

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