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ArticleCell reports. Medicine2021

Single-cell RNA-seq unravels alterations of the human spermatogonial stem cell compartment in patients with impaired spermatogenesis.

Sara Di Persio, Tobias Tekath, Lara Marie Siebert-Kuss, Jann-Frederik Cremers, Joachim Wistuba, Xiaolin Li, Gerd Meyer Zu Hörste, Hannes C A Drexler, Margot Julia Wyrwoll, Frank Tüttelmann and 5 more

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Article in Cell reports. Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

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64citing papers in PubMed
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64 citing papers in PubMed, 103 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sara Di PersioCentre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Hospital of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Tobias TekathInstitute of Medical Informatics, University Hospital of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Lara Marie Siebert-KussCentre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Hospital of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Jann-Frederik CremersCentre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, Department of Clinical and Surgical Andrology, University Hospital of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Joachim WistubaCentre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Hospital of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Xiaolin LiDepartment of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology, University Hospital of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Gerd Meyer Zu HörsteDepartment of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology, University Hospital of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Hannes C A DrexlerBioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Unit, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Margot Julia WyrwollCentre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, Department of Clinical and Surgical Andrology, University Hospital of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Frank TüttelmannInstitute of Reproductive Genetics, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Martin DugasInstitute of Medical Informatics, University Hospital of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Sabine KlieschCentre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, Department of Clinical and Surgical Andrology, University Hospital of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Stefan SchlattCentre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Hospital of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Sandra LaurentinoCentre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Hospital of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Nina NeuhausCentre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Hospital of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
University Hospital Münster · DEMax Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine · DEUniversity of Münster · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the high incidence of male infertility, only 30% of infertile men receive a causative diagnosis. To explore the regulatory mechanisms governing human germ cell function in normal and impaired spermatogenesis (crypto), we performed single-cell RNA sequencing (>30,000 cells). We find major alterations in the crypto spermatogonial compartment with increased numbers of the most undifferentiated spermatogonia (PIWIL4

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Cell CompartmentationRNA-SeqSingle-Cell AnalysisSpermatogenesisCell CountCell DifferentiationEarly Growth Response Transcription FactorsGene Expression RegulationGene Regulatory NetworksHomeodomain ProteinsHumansLigandsMaleReceptors, Cell SurfaceSpermatogoniaStem CellsEarly Growth Response Transcription FactorsEGR4 protein, humanHomeodomain ProteinsHoxc9 protein, humanLigandsReceptors, Cell Surfacehuman spermatogenesisimpaired spermatogenesismale germline stem cellsmale infertilitysingle-cell RNA sequencingspermatogoniaspermatogonial stem cellsstem cell differentiationtestis

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