Endogenously produced FGF2 is essential for the survival and proliferation of cultured mouse spermatogonial stem cells

Cell Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 773-776

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Wang, Si ^a,b   Wang, Xiuxia ^a   Liao, Shangying ^a   Wu, Yujian ^a,b   Han, Chunsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 [4 METHYL 2 (2 OXO 3 INDOLINYLMETHYLIDENYL) 3 PYRROLYL]PROPIONIC ACID; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; ISOPROTEIN; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDER CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FEEDER CELLS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PYRROLES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84862790685     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2012.17     Document Type: Article

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