Male Germline Stem Cells: Developmental and Regenerative Potential

ForewordChapterPart I - Germline developmental potential1. Primordial germ cells to EG cells, Peter Donovan2. Pluripotent stem cells from SSCs, Marco Seandel, Ilaria Falciatori, and Shahin Rafii.3. ES cells to gametes, Sonya M. Schuh-Huerta and Renee A. Reijo PeraPart II - Spermatogonial stem cells4. Morphometric description of the SSC pool in mammals, Dirk G. de Rooij5. Spermatogonial stem cell transplantation and culture, Jonathan A. Schmidt and Ralph L. Brinster6. Spermatogonial stem cell culture and in vitro assay, Makoto C. Nagano and Jonathan R. Yeh7. Molecular signaling in SSCs, Olga M. Ocón-Grove and Jon M. Oatley8. Spermatogonial stem cell niche, Shosei YoshidaPart III - Translation and regenerative potential of spermatogonial stem cells in higher primates9. Gonadotoxic therapies: effects on spermatogenesis and fertility, Gunapala Shetty, Gensheng Wang, and Marvin L. Meistrich10. Testicular xenografting, Stefan Schlatt, Jose R Rodriguez-Sosa and Ina Dobrinski11. SSC transplantation in primates, Brian P. Hermann and Kyle E. Orwig