Germline cells in ovarian surface epithelium of mammalians: A promising notion

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Celik, Onder ^a   Celik, Ebru ^a   Turkcuoglu, Ilgin ^a   Yilmaz, Ercan ^a   Simsek, Yavuz ^a   Tiras, Bulent ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Germ line cells; Human; Oocyte like cells; Ovarian surface epithelium; Pluripotency; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 3; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MELANOMA ANTIGEN 4; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 4; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TELOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIUM; GERM LINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OVARIAN SURFACE EPITHELIUM; OVARY; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OVARY; STEM CELLS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84870995312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-10-112     Document Type: Review

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