Spermatogonial stem cell self-renewal and development

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-187

  Kanatsu Shinohara, Mito ^a   Shinohara, Takashi ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

germline stem cell; niche; pluripotency; spermatogenesis; testis; transplantation

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; GERMLINE STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF RENEWAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL NICHE;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84885807356     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: 15308995     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-101512-122353     Document Type: Review

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