Recovery of fertility in azoospermia rats after injection of adipose-tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells: The sperm generation

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cakici, Cihangir ^a   Buyrukcu, Bugra ^a   Duruksu, Gokhan ^b   Haliloglu, Ahmet Hakan ^c   Aksoy, Ayca ^b   Isik, Ayca ^a   Uludag, Orhan ^d   Ustun, Huseyin ^e   Subasi, Cansu ^b   Karaoz, Erdal ^b  

^a Ankalife IVF   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UFUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; BUSULFAN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD71 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; CYTOKERATIN 18; FIBRONECTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MYOGENIN; NESTIN; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEONECTIN; OSTEOPONTIN; TENASCIN; VIMENTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; AZOOSPERMIA; BUSULFAN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOZOA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 84874892398     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/529589     Document Type: Article

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