Yolk-sac-derived macrophages regulate fetal testis vascularization and morphogenesis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 23, 2014, Pages

  DeFalco, Tony ^a   Bhattacharya, Indrashis ^a   Williams, Alyna V ^a   Sams, Dustin M ^a   Capel, Blanche ^b  

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

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial cell; Mononuclear phagocyte; Myeloid cell; Sex determination; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIVER; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MESONEPHROS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; VASCULARIZATION; YOLK SAC;

ENDOTHELIAL CELL; MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE; MYELOID CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; VEGF;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MYELOID CELLS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; YOLK SAC;

EID: 84902146194     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1400057111     Document Type: Article

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