Stage-specific changes in GDNF expression by rat sertoli cells: A possible regulator of the replication and differentiation of stem spermatogonia

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 763-769

  Johnston, Daniel S ^a   Olivas, Edgar ^b   DiCandeloro, Paul ^a   Wright, William W ^a,b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gametogenesis; GDNF; Growth factors; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Stem spermatogonia

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA;

RATTUS;

EID: 80955123825     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.087676     Document Type: Article

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