The role of differential sensitivity to retinoic acid (RA) in regulating spermatogonial fate / by Ellen Kay Velte.

Author/creator Velte, Ellen Kay author.
Other author Geyer, Christopher B., degree supervisor.
Other author East Carolina University. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology.
Format Theses and dissertations
Publication[Greenville, N.C.] : [East Carolina University], 2018.
Description131 pages : illustrations (chiefly color).
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SeriesECU Brody School of Medicine dissertation
ECU Brody School of Medicine dissertation. UNAUTHORIZED
Summary In the mammalian testis, the foundation of spermatogenesis is provided by spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs); their progeny either remain as stem cells (following a self-renewal division) or proliferate as undifferentiated progenitors prior to differentiating in response to retinoic acid (RA) and later entering meiosis. The mechanisms regulating spermatogonial response to RA are undefined, and their identification would represent a key advance in our understanding of how spermatogonial fate is determined both at the beginning of spermatogenesis and throughout the male reproductive lifespan. This dissertation summarizes the results of an investigation into elusive mechanisms regulating a key switch fundamental to spermatogonial fate, the capacity of spermatogonia to respond to RA. The results support a novel model by which mammalian prospermatogonial and spermatogonial fates are regulated by intrinsic capacity to respond (or not) to the differentiation signal provided by RA prior to and concurrent with the initiation of spermatogenesis.
General notePresented to the Academic Faculty of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
General noteAdvisor: Christopher B. Geyer
General noteTitle from PDF t.p. (viewed June 5, 2019).
Dissertation notePh.D. East Carolina University 2018.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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