Developmental expression of POU5F1 (OCT-3/4) in normal and dysgenetic human gonads
Author(s) -
Ewa RajpertDe Meyts
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/deh265
Subject(s) - gonocyte , biology , gonadoblastoma , gonad , development of the gonads , endocrinology , ovary , stem cell , medicine , folliculogenesis , homeobox protein nanog , embryonic stem cell , andrology , embryogenesis , embryo , induced pluripotent stem cell , microbiology and biotechnology , spermatogenesis , karyotype , genetics , sertoli cell , gene , chromosome
To investigate how long fetal germ cells retain pluripotency, which may be linked to their ability to transform into histologically variable tumours, we examined the expression of OCT-3/4 (POU5F1), a transcription factor essential for the maintenance of totipotency in embryonic stem cells.
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