Effects of Nanostructures and Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells on In Vitro Morphogenesis of Rat Testicular Cords

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Pan, Fei ^a   Chi, Lifeng ^a   Schlatt, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTICULAR CORD; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; NANOSTRUCTURES; RATS; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84875550330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060054     Document Type: Article

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