Macrophages Contribute to the Spermatogonial Niche in the Adult Testis

Cell Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1107-1119

  DeFalco, Tony ^a   Potter, Sarah J ^a   Williams, Alyna V ^a   Waller, Brittain ^a   Kan, Matthew J ^b   Capel, Blanche ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 1; ALDH1A2 PROTEIN; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; RDH10 PROTEIN; RETINOL DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RETINOIC ACID;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERSTITIUM; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; TESTIS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; COLONY-STIMULATING FACTORS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL NICHE; TESTIS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84940998627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.07.015     Document Type: Article

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