Prostaglandin D2 acts through the Dp2 receptor to influence male germ cell differentiation in the foetal mouse testis

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 3561-3571

  Moniot, Brigitte ^a   Ujjan, Safdar ^a   Champagne, Julien ^a   Hirai, Hiroyuki ^b   Aritake, Kosuke ^c   Nagata, Kinya ^b   Dubois, Emeric ^d   Nidelet, Sabine ^d   Nakamura, Masataka ^e   Urade, Yoshihiro ^c   Poulat, Francis ^a   Boizet Bonhoure, Brigitte ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^b Kawagoe shi   (Japan)

^c OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Embryonic testis; Germ cells; Mitotic arrest; Mouse

Indexed keywords

CDKN1A PROTEIN, MOUSE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1A; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NANOS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TFDP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC TESTIS; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC TESTIS; GERM CELLS; MITOTIC ARREST; MOUSE; PROSTAGLANDIN D2;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P21; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84906861169     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.103408     Document Type: Article

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