Hierarchical differentiation competence in response to retinoic acid ensures stem cell maintenance during mouse spermatogenesis

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1582-1592

  Ikami, Kanako ^a,b   Tokue, Moe ^a,b   Sugimoto, Ryo ^a,d   Noda, Chiyo ^c   Kobayashi, Satoru ^b,c   Hara, Kenshiro ^a,b   Yoshida, Shosei ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Retinoic acid receptor gamma; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonia; Stem cell niche

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR GAMMA; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GFRA1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROG3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARG GENE; RECEPTOR GENE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELLS; TRETINOIN; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84928648224     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.118695     Document Type: Article

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