Toying with fate: Redirecting the differentiation of adrenocortical progenitor cells into gonadal-like tissue

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 408, Issue , 2015, Pages 165-177

  Röhrig, Theresa ^a,b   Pihlajoki, Marjut ^a,c   Ziegler, Ricarda ^a,b   Cochran, Rebecca S ^a   Schrade, Anja ^a,c   Schillebeeckx, Maximiliaan ^a   Mitra, Robi D ^a   Heikinheimo, Markku ^a,c   Wilson, David B ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MANNHEIM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Endocrine tumor; Ferret; Gonadotropin

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; GONAD; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GONADS; HUMANS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84926636514     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.12.003     Document Type: Review

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