Human adult germline stem cells in question
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Rebekka Schneider
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-17772 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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Human adult germline stem cells in question.
Ko Kinarm K Araúzo-Bravo Marcos J MJ Tapia Natalia N Kim Julee J Lin Qiong Q Bernemann Christof C Han Dong Wook DW Gentile Luca L Reinhardt Peter P Greber Boris B Schneider Rebekka K RK Kliesch Sabine S Zenke Martin M Schöler Hans R HR
Nature 20100601 7301
Conrad et al. have generated human adult germline stem cells (haGSCs) from human testicular tissue, which they claim have similar pluripotent properties to human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). Here we investigate the pluripotency of haGSCs by using global gene-expression analysis based on their gene array data and comparing the expression of pluripotency marker genes in haGSCs and hESCs, and in haGSCs and human fibroblast samples derived from different laboratories, including our own. We find tha ...[more]
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