Identification and regulation of a stage-specific stem cell niche enriched by Nanog-positive spermatogonial stem cells in the mouse testis

Stem Cells

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1008-1020

  Ventelä, Sami ^a,b   Mäkelä, Juho Antti ^a   Kulmala, Jarmo ^b   Westermarck, Jukka ^a   Toppari, Jorma ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Nanog; Pluripotent; Spermatogonia; Testicular stem cells

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; PROTEIN P21; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RAT; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL NICHE;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL NICHE; X-RAYS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84860508756     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1077     Document Type: Article

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