Fractionation of human spermatogenic cells using STA-PUT gravity sedimentation and their miRNA profiling

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Yun ^a   Niu, Minghui ^a   Yao, Chencheng ^a   Hai, Yanan ^a   Yuan, Qingqing ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Guo, Ying ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA;

ADULT; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SHAPE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRAVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACHYTENE; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SHAPE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PACHYTENE STAGE; PHENOTYPE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGONIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936791194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/SREP08084     Document Type: Article

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