Male Germline Stem Cells: Developmental and Regenerative Potential

1. Pathways to Pluripotency: How Germ Cells Make Stem Cells
Peter J. Donovan

2. Pluripotent Stem Cells from the Postnatal Testis: Unlocking the Potential of Spermatogonial Stem Cells
Marco Seandel, Ilaria Falciatori, Shahin Rafii

3. Making Germ Cells from Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Sonya M. Schuh-Huerta, Renee A. Reijo Pera

4. Morphometric Description of Spermatogonial Stem Cells and Expansion of Their Clonal Derivatives
Dirk G. Rooij

5. Spermatogonial Stem Cell Transplantation and Culture
Jonathan A. Schmidt, Ralph L. Brinster

6. The Cluster-Forming Activity Assay: A Short-Term In Vitro Method to Analyze the Activity of Mouse Spermatogonial Stem Cells
Makoto C. Nagano, Jonathan R. Yeh

7. Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Spermatogonial Stem Cell Fate Decisions
Olga M. Ocón-Grove, Jon M. Oatley

8. Stem Cell Niche System in Mouse Spermatogenesis
Shosei Yoshida

9. Regenerative Potential of Spermatogenesis after Gonadotoxic Therapies
Gunapala Shetty, Gensheng Wang, Marvin L. Meistrich

10. Testicular Xenografting
Stefan Schlatt, Jose R. Rodriguez-Sosa, Ina Dobrinski

11. Translating Spermatogonial Stem Cell Transplantation to the Clinic
Brian P. Hermann, Kyle E. Orwig

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