Human amniotic fluid stem cells possess the potential to differentiate into primordial follicle oocytes in vitro

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Yu, Xiaoli ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Qiang, Rong ^b   Wan, Qianhui ^a   Qin, Mingming ^a   Chen, Shuai ^a   Wang, Huayan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Shaanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Embryo; Human reproduction; Oocyte maturation; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; STEROID HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; CULTURE MEDIUM;

AMNION FLUID; AMNIOTIC FLUID CELL; AMNIOTIC FLUID STEM CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURFACE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA CONTENT; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GERM LAYER; GRANULOSA CELL; HAPLOIDY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPE; MEIOSIS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PLASTICITY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOID BODY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SWINE;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYOID BODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; STEM CELLS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84903759480     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.112920     Document Type: Article

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