Sertoli Cell Quiescence - New Insights

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 451-455

  Hayrabedyan, Soren ^a   Todorova, Krassimira ^a   Pashova, Shina ^a   Mollova, Margarita ^a   Fernández, Nelson ^b  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell quiescence; Sertoli cells; Stemness

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOKERATIN 18; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; VIMENTIN;

CANCER STEM CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; RATS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84869095051     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2012.01137.x     Document Type: Review

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