Long-term culture and significant expansion of human Sertoli cells whilst maintaining stable global phenotype and AKT and SMAD1/5 activation

Cell Communication and Signaling

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Guo, Ying ^a   Hai, Yanan ^a   Yao, Chencheng ^a   Chen, Zheng ^a   Hou, Jingmei ^a   Li, Zheng ^a   He, Zuping ^a,b,c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shanghai Key Laboratory for Assisted Reproduction and Reproductive Genetics   (China)

^c Shanghai Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

AKT and SMAD1 5 signaling pathways; Global gene profiles; Human Sertoli cells; Isolation identification; Long term culture; Significant expansion

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE B; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SMAD5 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AZOOSPERMIA; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SERTOLI CELLS; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928155597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1478811X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12964-015-0101-2     Document Type: Article

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