Spermatogonia

Known as: spermigonium, Spermatophores, spermatospore 
Euploid male germ cells of an early stage of SPERMATOGENESIS, derived from prespermatogonia. With the onset of puberty, spermatogonia at the basement… (More)
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Male gonocyteMicrobiologicalProcess of secretionSeminiferous tubule structure
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Spermatogenesissperm cell

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Isolation, characterization, and culture of human spermatogonia.
This study was designed to isolate, characterize, and culture human spermatogonia. Using immunohistochemistry on tubule sections… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
The pluripotency factor LIN28 marks undifferentiated spermatogonia in mouse
Life-long production of spermatozoa depends on spermatogonial stem cells. Spermatogonial stem cells exist among the most… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Mouse differentiating spermatogonia can generate germinal stem cells in vivo
In adults, stem cells are responsible for the maintenance of many actively renewing tissues, such as haematopoietic, skin, gut… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
A vasculature-associated niche for undifferentiated spermatogonia in the mouse testis.
Mammalian spermatogenesis produces numerous sperm for a long period based on a highly potent stem cell system, which relies on a… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
The first round of mouse spermatogenesis is a distinctive program that lacks the self-renewing spermatogonia stage.
Mammalian spermatogenesis is maintained by a continuous supply of differentiating cells from self-renewing stem cells. The stem… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Meiotic catastrophe and retrotransposon reactivation in male germ cells lacking Dnmt3L
Mammalian genomes employ heritable cytosine methylation in the long-term silencing of retrotransposons and genes subject to… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
An abundance of X-linked genes expressed in spermatogonia
Spermatogonia are the self-renewing, mitotic germ cells of the testis from which sperm arise by means of the differentiation… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Regulation of cell fate decision of undifferentiated spermatogonia by GDNF.
The molecular control of self-renewal and differentiation of stem cells has remained enigmatic. Transgenic loss-of-function and… (More)
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Role of c-kit in mouse spermatogenesis: identification of spermatogonia as a specific site of c-kit expression and function.
Recent studies have shown that the dominant white spotting (W) locus encodes the proto-oncogene c-kit, a member of the tyrosine… (More)
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Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Spermatogenic cells of the prepuberal mouse: isolation and morphological characterization
A procedure is described which permits the isolation from the prepuberal mouse testis of highly purified populations of primitive… (More)
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