The roles and regulation of Sertoli cells in fate determinations of spermatogonial stem cells and spermatogenesis

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-75

  Hai, Yanan ^a   Hou, Jingmei ^a   Liu, Yun ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Yang, Hao ^a   Li, Zheng ^a   He, Zuping ^a,b,c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shanghai Key Laboratory for Assisted Reproduction and Reproductive Genetics   (China)

^c Shanghai Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Biological characteristics; Fate determinations; Regulation; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonial stem cells

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR SECRETION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MALE; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON;

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84901639432     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.04.007     Document Type: Review

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