BMP4/Smad signaling pathway induces the differentiation of mouse spermatogonial stem cells via upregulation of Sohlh2

Anatomical Record

Volumn 297, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 749-757

  Li, Yi ^a,b   Zhang, Yuecun ^c   Zhang, Xiaoli ^a   Sun, Jinhao ^a   Hao, Jing ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zibo Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BMP4; Differentiation; Smad1 5 8; Sohlh2; Spermatogonial stem cells

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SOHLH2; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; STEM CELL CULTURE; UPREGULATION;

BMP4; DIFFERENTIATION; SMAD1/5/8; SOHLH2; SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELLS;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; MICE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84896314825     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22891     Document Type: Article

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