Testicular teratomas: An intersection of pluripotency, differentiation and cancer biology

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2-4, 2013, Pages 201-210

  Bustamante Marín, Ximena ^a,b   Garness, Jason A ^a   Capel, Blanche ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Dnd1; Germ cell; Stem cell; Testicular teratoma

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME SUBSTITUTION STRAIN; DMRT1 GENE; DND1 GENE; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA STEM CELL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; GERM LAYER; HUMAN; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; TESTIS TERATOMA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84880054868     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.130136bc     Document Type: Article

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