Abstract

This study characterizes the cellular niche required for the expansion of human spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs), provides strong evidence supporting specific extracellular markers that define a testicular cell population highly enriched for human SSCs, and characterizes a novel testicular multipotent stromal cell population essential for SSC expansion. The results of this study are very important to understanding how human SSCs can be grown and expanded successfully in vitro for future therapeutic applications.

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Title
Testicular Niche Required for Human Spermatogonial Stem Cell Expansion
Author
Smith, James F 1 ; Yango Pamela 2 ; Altman, Eran 3 ; Choudhry Shweta 4 ; Poelzl Andrea 2 ; Zamah, Alberuni M 2 ; Rosen, Mitchell 2 ; Klatsky, Peter C 5 ; Tran, Nam D 2 

 Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA 
 Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA 
 Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tiqva, Israel 
 Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA 
 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Albert Einstein University, Bronx, New York, USA 
Pages
1043-1054
Section
Enabling Technologies for Cell-Based Clinical Translation
Publication year
2014
Publication date
Sep 2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISSN
21576564
e-ISSN
21576580
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2299128785
Copyright
© 2014. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.