RBPJ in mouse Sertoli cells is required for proper regulation of the testis stem cell niche

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 4468-4478

  Garcia, Thomas Xavier ^a,b   Farmaha, Jaspreet Kaur ^a,b   Kow, Sean ^a,c   Hofmann, Marie Claude ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Mouse; NOTCH signaling; RBPJ; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonial stem cell; Testicular microlithiasis

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J RECOMBINATION SIGNAL SEQUENCE BINDING PROTEIN; RBPJ PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP26B1 GENE; EMBRYO; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GDNF GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; RBPJ GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J RECOMBINATION SIGNAL SEQUENCE-BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SERTOLI CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 84911499852     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.113969     Document Type: Article

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