VEGF/VEGFR2 Signaling Regulates Germ Cell Proliferation in vitro and Promotes Mouse Testicular Regeneration in vivo

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-13

  Tian, Ruhui ^a,b   Yang, Shi ^b   Zhu, Yong ^b   Zou, Shasha ^b   Li, Peng ^a,b   Wang, Junlong ^a   Zhu, Zijue ^a,b   Huang, Yiran ^b   He, Zuping ^b,c   Li, Zheng ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Shanghai International Cancer Institute of China   (China)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Ectopic grafting; Seminiferous tubule regeneration; Spermatogenesis; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

SEMAXANIB; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; CD31 ANTIGEN; DDX4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; KDR PROTEIN, MOUSE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A, MOUSE; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BALB/C NUDE MOUSE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL LINE; TESTICLE REGENERATION; TESTIS CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METABOLISM; NUDE MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REGENERATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD31; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; INDOLES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, NUDE; PYRROLES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGENERATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 84983208702     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000440949     Document Type: Article

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