Open AccessThe New Director of “the Spermatogonial Niche”: Introducing the Peritubular Macrophage
Author(s) -
Marvin L. Meistrich,
Gunapala Shetty
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cell reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.264
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 2639-1856
pISSN - 2211-1247
DOI - 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.07.057
Subject(s) - niche , macrophage , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , population , stem cell , ecology , medicine , genetics , environmental health , in vitro
In this issue of Cell Reports, DeFalco et al. (2015) characterize a novel macrophage population associated with the peritubular lamina of mouse testes. These macrophages may create a niche not for the self-renewal of stem cells but rather the induction of their differentiation.
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