A Niche for GFRα1-Positive Spermatogonia in the Terminal Segments of the Seminiferous Tubules in Hamster Testes

Stem Cells

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2811-2824

  Aiyama, Yoshimi ^a   Tsunekawa, Naoki ^a   Kishi, Kasane ^a   Kawasumi, Miyuri ^b   Suzuki, Hitomi ^b   Kanai Azuma, Masami ^b   Kurohmaru, Masamichi ^a   Kanai, Yoshiakira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor; Glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor family receptor 1; Niche; Sertoli valve; Spermatogonial stem cell

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; GFRA1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMLINE STEM CELL; HAMSTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETE TESTIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL NICHE; TESTIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MESOCRICETUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CRICETINAE; INVERTEBRATA; MUS; NEMATODA;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICE, INBRED ICR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL NICHE; TESTIS;

EID: 84940467139     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: 15494918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.2065     Document Type: Article

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