Hypoxia inducible factor 2α/insulin-like growth factor receptor signal loop supports the proliferation and Oct-4 maintenance of mouse germline stem cells

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 526-537

  Huang, Y H ^a,b,c   Lin, M H ^d   Wang, P C ^a,b   Wu, Y C ^a   Chiang, H L ^a   Wang, Y L ^a,b   Chang, J H ^a   Huang, Y K ^e   Gu, S Y ^e   Ho, H N ^d,e   Ling, T Y ^e  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Germline; Niche growth factor; Oxygen tension; Self renewal; Tissue specific stem cells

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2ALPHA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ENDOTHELIAL PAS DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; MTOR PROTEIN, MOUSE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; POU5F1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMLINE STEM CELL; KIDNEY CAPSULE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOUSE; NOD SCID MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEM CELL NICHE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL HYPOXIA; CYTOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 84900560561     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gau016     Document Type: Article

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