CXCL12-CXCR4 signaling is required for the maintenance of mouse spermatogonial stem cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1009-1020

  Yang, Qi En ^a   Kim, Dongwon ^b   Kaucher, Amy ^a   Oatley, Melissa J ^a   Oatley, Jon M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CXCL12 CXCR4; Migration; Niche; Self renewal; Spermatogonial stem cell

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL NICHE; STIMULATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINE CXCL12; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; RECEPTORS, CXCR4; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84876324765     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.119826     Document Type: Article

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