Retinoic acid induces Sertoli cell paracrine signals for spermatogonia differentiation but cell autonomously drives spermatocyte meiosis

SOHLH1 and SOHLH2 control Kit expression during postnatal male germ cell development

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Initiating Meiosis: The Case for Retinoic Acid1

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Msx1 and Msx2 promote meiosis initiation

(2011) R. Le Bouffant et al.   DEVELOPMENT

DMRT1 promotes oogenesis by transcriptional activation of Stra8 in the mammalian fetal ovary

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Spermatogonia Differentiation Requires Retinoic Acid Receptor γ

(2011) Aurore Gely-Pernot et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Retinoic acid metabolism links the periodical differentiation of germ cells with the cycle of Sertoli cells in mouse seminiferous epithelium

(2011) Ryo Sugimoto et al.   MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT

RSPO1/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway Regulates Oogonia Differentiation and Entry into Meiosis in the Mouse Fetal Ovary

(2011) Anne-Amandine Chassot et al.   PLoS One

Sex-specific timing of meiotic initiation is regulated by Cyp26b1 independent of retinoic acid signalling

(2011) Sandeep Kumar et al.   Nature Communications

Vitamin A Deficiency Results in Meiotic Failure and Accumulation of Undifferentiated Spermatogonia in Prepubertal Mouse Testis

(2010) H. Li et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Epigenetic status determines germ cell meiotic commitment in embryonic and postnatal mammalian gonads

(2010) Ning Wang et al.   CELL CYCLE

The key role of vitamin A in spermatogenesis

(2010) Cathryn A. Hogarth et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Functional Hierarchy and Reversibility Within the Murine Spermatogenic Stem Cell Compartment

(2010) T. Nakagawa et al.   SCIENCE

Lineage Commitment: Cytokines Instruct, At Last!

(2009) E. Richard Stanley   Cell Stem Cell

Germ cell sex determination in mammals

(2009) A. Kocer et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Retinoic Acid Synthesis and Signaling during Early Organogenesis

(2008) Gregg Duester   CELL

Sdmg1 is a conserved transmembrane protein associated with germ cell sex determination and germline-soma interactions in mice

(2008) D. Best et al.   DEVELOPMENT

STRA8-deficient spermatocytes initiate, but fail to complete, meiosis and undergo premature chromosome condensation

(2008) M. Mark et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Potential role of Nanos3 in maintaining the undifferentiated spermatogonia population

(2007) Francesca Lolicato et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY