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Data on in vivo phenotypes of GFR?1-positive spermatogonia stimulated by interstitial GDNF signals in mouse testes.

ABSTRACT: This article contains the data related to the research article "in vivo dynamics of GFR?1-positive spermatogonia stimulated by GDNF signals using a bead transplantation assay" (Uchida et al., 2016) [1]. A novel transplantation assay of growth factor-soaked beads into the mammalian testicular interstitium was developed, in order to examine the effects of various soluble factors on in vivo dynamics of the spermatogonia including spermatogonial stem cells (SSC). Here we provide the image data of GFR?1-positive stem/progenitor spermatogonia in mouse seminiferous tubules near the beads soaked in GDNF (glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor), one of the SSC niche factors. The data provide various phenotypes of GFR?1-positive spermatogonia induced by bead-derived GDNF signals, which are useful to understand the active state of GFR?1-positive stem/progenitor spermatogonia in vivo.

SUBMITTER: Uchida A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4983105 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

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Data on in vivo phenotypes of GFRα1-positive spermatogonia stimulated by interstitial GDNF signals in mouse testes.

Uchida Aya A Kanai Yoshiakira Y

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This article contains the data related to the research article "in vivo dynamics of GFRα1-positive spermatogonia stimulated by GDNF signals using a bead transplantation assay" (Uchida et al., 2016) [1]. A novel transplantation assay of growth factor-soaked beads into the mammalian testicular interstitium was developed, in order to examine the effects of various soluble factors on in vivo dynamics of the spermatogonia including spermatogonial stem cells (SSC). Here we provide the image data of GF ...[more]

PMID: 27547806

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