Cryopreservation in Trehalose Preserves Functional Capacity of Murine Spermatogonial Stem Cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Yong An ^a   Kim, Yong Hee ^a   Kim, Bang Jin ^a   Kim, Byung Gak ^a,c   Kim, Ki Jung ^a   Auh, Joong Hyuck ^a   Schmidt, Jonathan A ^b   Ryu, Buom Yong ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b Spokane Community College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; LIQUID NITROGEN; TREHALOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; FREEZING; GERM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA; STEM CELLS; TREHALOSE;

MURINAE;

EID: 84872799873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054889     Document Type: Article

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