Cyclical and patch-like GDNF distribution along the basal surface of sertoli cells in mouse and hamster testes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Sato, Takeshi ^a,b   Aiyama, Yoshimi ^a   Ishii Inagaki, Mayuko ^a   Hara, Kenshiro ^c   Tsunekawa, Naoki ^a   Harikae, Kyoko ^a   Uemura Kamata, Mami ^a,d   Shinomura, Mai ^a   Zhu, Xiao Bo ^a   Maeda, Seishi ^e   Kuwahara Otani, Sachi ^e   Kudo, Akihiko ^f   Kawakami, Hayato ^f   Kanai Azuma, Masami ^d   Fujiwara, Michio ^b   Miyamae, Yoichi ^b   Yoshida, Shosei ^c   Seki, Makoto ^e   Kurohmaru, Masamichi ^a   Kanai, Yoshiakira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GFRA1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SYRIAN HAMSTER; WILD TYPE; AGING; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SHAPE; CRICETINAE; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; MALE; MICE; PHOTOPERIOD; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS;

EID: 83055173299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028367     Document Type: Article

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