MEK/ERK signaling directly and indirectly contributes to the cyclical self-renewal of spermatogonial stem cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2517-2527

  Hasegawa, Kazuteru ^a,b   Namekawa, Satoshi H ^b   Saga, Yumiko ^a,c  

^a Occupational Safety and Health   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germline; MAPK; Stem cell microenvironment interactions; Tissue specific stem cells

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; STEM CELL;

MAMMALIA;

GERMLINE; MAPK; STEM CELL-MICROENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS; TISSUE-SPECIFIC STEM CELLS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84887903239     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1486     Document Type: Article

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