The New Director of “the Spermatogonial Niche”: Introducing the Peritubular Macrophage

In this issue of Cell Reports, DeFalco et al. (2015) characterize a novel macrophage population associated with the peritubular lamina of mouse testes. These macrophages may create a niche not for the self-renewal of stem cells but rather the induction of their differentiation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marvin L. Meistrich, Gunapala Shetty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-08-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124715008475