Characterization and functionality of proliferative human sertoli cells

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 619-635

  Chui, Kitty ^a   Trivedi, Alpa ^a,b   Cheng, C Yan ^c   Cherbavaz, Diana B ^a   Dazin, Paul F ^a   Huynh, Ai Lam Thu ^a   Mitchell, James B ^d   Rabinovich, Gabriel A ^e   Noble Haeusslein, Linda J ^b   John, Constance M ^a  

^a MandalMed Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Lonza Walkersville ^*

^d Lonza Walkersville Inc   (United States)

^e Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier (BTB); Galectin 1; Sertoli cells; Sox9

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENIC PROTEIN 4; FIBRONECTIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GALECTIN 1; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; DEOXYURIDINE; GALECTIN 1; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, FSH; SERTOLI CELLS; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR;

MAMMALIA; MYOIDA; RODENTIA;

EID: 79959978233     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368910X536563     Document Type: Article

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