In vitro and in vivo differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells into male germ cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 433, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 286-291

  Cai, Heng ^a,b   Xia, Xiaoyu ^a,b   Wang, Li ^a,b   Liu, Yue ^a,b   He, Zuping ^c   Guo, Qiangsu ^a,b   Xu, Chen ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shanghai Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Ectopic reconstitution of seminiferous tubules; Germ stem cell (GSC); Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC); Niche; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C KIT; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, NUDE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

IPS;

EID: 84876334713     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.02.107     Document Type: Article

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