Very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs) detected in azoospermic testicular biopsies of adult survivors of childhood cancer

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kurkure, Purna ^a   Prasad, Maya ^a   Dhamankar, Vandana ^a   Bakshi, Ganesh ^b  

^a Department of Pediatric Oncology   (India)

^b TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Cancer; Oncotherapy; Spermatogenesis; Stem cells; VSELs

Indexed keywords

CD133 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CANCER SURVIVOR; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; VERY SMALL EMBRYONIC LIKE STEM CELL; YOUNG ADULT; BIOPSY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVOR; TESTIS;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SURVIVORS; TESTIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946743933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12958-015-0121-1     Document Type: Article

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