Concise review: emerging role of CD44 in cancer stem cells: a promising biomarker and therapeutic target

Y Yan, X Zuo, D Wei - Stem cells translational medicine, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The reception and integration of the plethora of signals a cell receives from its
microenvironment determines the cell's fate. CD44 functions as a receptor for hyaluronan …

Spermatogonial stem cells

H Kubota, RL Brinster - Biology of reproduction, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) are the most primitive spermatogonia in the testis and
have an essential role to maintain highly productive spermatogenesis by self-renewal and …

[PDF][PDF] Regulation of spermatogonial stem cell self-renewal and spermatocyte meiosis by Sertoli cell signaling

SR Chen, YX Liu - 2015 - 159.226.67.71
Spermatogenesis is a continuous and productive process supported by the self-renewal and
differentiation of spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs), which arise from undifferentiated …

Genetics of male infertility: from research to clinic

C Krausz, AR Escamilla, C Chianese - Reproduction, 2015 - rep.bioscientifica.com
Male infertility is a multifactorial complex disease with highly heterogeneous phenotypic
representation and in at least 15% of cases, this condition is related to known genetic …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNAs and spermatogenesis

N Kotaja - Fertility and sterility, 2014 - Elsevier
In mammals, male gametes are produced inside the testis by spermatogenesis, which has
three phases: mitotic proliferation of spermatogonia, meiosis of spermatocytes, and haploid …

[HTML][HTML] Altered microRNA expression profiles of human spermatozoa in patients with different spermatogenic impairments

M Abu-Halima, M Hammadeh, J Schmitt, P Leidinger… - Fertility and sterility, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether microRNAs are differentially expressed in men with
normal versus impaired spermatogenesis, and to find a biomarker for accurate diagnosis of …

Roles of microRNAs in mammalian reproduction: from the commitment of germ cells to peri‐implantation embryos

AMMT Reza, YJ Choi, SG Han, H Song… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are active regulators of numerous biological and physiological
processes including most of the events of mammalian reproduction. Understanding the …

MicroRNA-449 and microRNA-34b/c function redundantly in murine testes by targeting E2F transcription factor-retinoblastoma protein (E2F-pRb) pathway

J Bao, D Li, L Wang, J Wu, Y Hu, Z Wang… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) mainly function as post-transcriptional regulators and are involved in
a wide range of physiological and pathophysiological processes such as cell proliferation …

Roles of noncoding RNA in reproduction

C He, K Wang, Y Gao, C Wang, L Li, Y Liao, K Hu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The World Health Organization predicts that infertility will be the third major health threat
after cancer and cardiovascular disease, and will become a hot topic in medical research …

The roles of microRNAs in male infertility

MG Barbu, DC Thompson, N Suciu, SC Voinea… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs applications were vastly studied throughout the years, spanning from potential
cancer biomarkers to targeted therapies for various diseases. Out of these utilizations, this …