Stem cells, progenitor cells, and lineage decisions in the ovary

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-91

  Hummitzsch, Katja ^a   Anderson, Richard A ^b   Wilhelm, Dagmar ^c   Wu, Ji ^d   Telfer, Evelyn E ^e   Russell, Darryl L ^a   Robertson, Sarah A ^a   Rodgers, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CORPUS LUTEUM; CUMULUS CELL; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIUM; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GERMLINE STEM CELL; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MESONEPHROS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STROMA; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; STROMA CELL; THECA CELL;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; CUMULUS CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELLS; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION; STEM CELLS; STROMAL CELLS; THECA CELLS;

EID: 84961292041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0163769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/er.2014-1079     Document Type: Article

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