Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Identification of dynamic undifferentiated cell states within the male germline

  • Hue M. La,
  • Juho-Antti Mäkelä,
  • Ai-Leen Chan,
  • Fernando J. Rossello,
  • Christian M. Nefzger,
  • Julien M. D. Legrand,
  • Mia De Seram,
  • Jose M. Polo,
  • Robin M. Hobbs

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04827-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Sustained spermatogenesis depends on stem cell activity which is contained within a population of undifferentiated spermatogonia. Here, the authors identify a new population of undifferentiated spermatogonia in adult testis that expresses the transcription factor PDX1 and has stem cell capacity.