Regulation of the germ stem cell niche as the foundation for adult spermatogenesis: A role for miRNAs?

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-83

  Van den Driesche, Sander ^a   Sharpe, Richard M ^a   Saunders, Philippa T K ^a   Mitchell, Rod T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MicroRNA; Niche; Self renewal; Sertoli cell; Spermatogonial stem cell; Testis

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; DICER; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; GDNF FAMILY RECEPTOR ALPHA 1; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 221; MICRORNA 222; PROTEIN RET; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; DICER1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RIBONUCLEASE III;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GERM CELL; GERM STEM CELL NICHE; HORMONAL REGULATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEM CELL NICHE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TRANSLATION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICRORNAS; RIBONUCLEASE III; SERTOLI CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL NICHE;

EID: 84901598383     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.04.006     Document Type: Review

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