Vitrification of non-human primate immature testicular tissue allows maintenance of proliferating spermatogonial cells after xenografting to recipient mice

Theriogenology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1008-1013

  Poels, J ^a   Van Langendonckt, A ^a   Dehoux, J P ^a   Donnez, J ^a   Wyns, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Fertility preservation; Immature testicular tissue; Non human primate; Vitrification; Xenografting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; LEYDIG CELL; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TRANSPLANTATION; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; LEYDIG CELLS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TISSUE BANKS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

MACACA MULATTA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84857439517     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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