Regulative germ cell specification in axolotl embryos: a primitive trait conserved in the mammalian lineage. by Johnson, A, Crother, B, White, M, Patient, R, Bachvarova, R, Drum, M, Masi, T

“…How germ cells are specified in the embryos of animals has been a mystery for decades. …”

Identification of genomic changes associated with cisplatin resistance in testicular germ cell tumor cell lines. by Noel, E, Perry, J, Chaplin, T, Mao, X, Cazier, J, Joel, S, Oliver, RT, Young, B, Lu, Y

“…Since the introduction of cisplatin into the clinic, the treatment of patients with a variety of solid tumors including testicular germ cell tumors, ovarian and lung cancers, has dramatically improved. …”

Genetic dissection of Nodal and Bmp signalling requirements during primordial germ cell development in mouse by Senft, AD, Bikoff, EK, Robertson, EJ, Costello, I

“…Thus balanced Nodal/Bmp signalling cues regulate germ cell versus somatic cell fate decisions in the early posterior epiblast.…”

Further Association of Germline <i>CHEK2</i> Loss-of-Function Variants with Testicular Germ Cell Tumors by Kira Kirchner, Christoph Seidel, Finn-Ole Paulsen, Bianca Sievers, Carsten Bokemeyer, Davor Lessel

Subjects: “…testicular germ cell tumors…”
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Efficient generation of marmoset primordial germ cell-like cells using induced pluripotent stem cells by Yasunari Seita, Keren Cheng, John R McCarrey, Nomesh Yadu, Ian H Cheeseman, Alec Bagwell, Corinna N Ross, Isamar Santana Toro, Li-hua Yen, Sean Vargas, Christopher S Navara, Brian P Hermann, Kotaro Sasaki

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Age-Dependent Presentation and Clinical Course of 1465 Patients Aged 0 to Less than 18 Years with Ovarian or Testicular Germ Cell Tumors; Data of the MAKEI 96 Protocol Revisited in the Light of Prenatal Germ Cell Biology by Gabriele Calaminus, Dominik T. Schneider, Dietrich von Schweinitz, Heribert Jürgens, Nacera Infed, Stefan Schönberger, Thomas A. Olson, Peter Albers, Christian Vokuhl, Raimund Stein, Leendert Looijenga, Jalid Sehouli, Martin Metzelder, Alexander Claviez, Michael Dworzak, Angelika Eggert, Birgit Fröhlich, Nicolas U. Gerber, Christian P. Kratz, Jörg Faber, Thomas Klingebiel, Dieter Harms, Ulrich Göbel

Subjects: “…germ cell tumors…”
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Restoration of Genetic Resources from Ehime Native Chicken via Transferred Primordial Germ Cells (PGCs) by Hiroki Furuta, Keiji Kinoshita, Yoshizane Maeda, Noboru Fujihara

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The Nanos3-3'UTR is required for germ cell specific NANOS3 expression in mouse embryos. by Hitomi Suzuki, Rie Saba, Aiko Sada, Yumiko Saga

“…BACKGROUND: The regulation of gene expression via a 3' untranslated region (UTR) plays essential roles in the discrimination of the germ cell lineage from somatic cells during embryogenesis. …”
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The Establishment and Optimization of a Chicken Primordial Germ Cell Induction Model Using Small-Molecule Compounds by Wei Gong, Juanjuan Zhao, Zeling Yao, Yani Zhang, Yingjie Niu, Kai Jin, Bichun Li, Qisheng Zuo

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Paraneoplastic autoimmune encephalitis in a child with metastatic testicular germ cell tumor: A case report by Arjun Jayakumar, Latha M. Sneha, T.K. Shruthi, Deepti Kewalramani, Pooja Vijaykumar

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Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Is Expressed in Testicular Germ Cell Tumors: Possible Implications for Tumor Growth and Prognosis by Mette Lorenzen, John Erik Nielsen, Christine Hjorth Andreassen, Anders Juul, Birgitte Grønkær Toft, Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts, Gedske Daugaard, Martin Blomberg Jensen

Subjects: “…testicular germ cell tumor…”
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Increasing Notch signaling antagonizes PRC2-mediated silencing to promote reprograming of germ cells into neurons by Stefanie Seelk, Irene Adrian-Kalchhauser, Balázs Hargitai, Martina Hajduskova, Silvia Gutnik, Baris Tursun, Rafal Ciosk

“…In the C. elegans germline, reprograming germ cells into somatic cells requires chromatin perturbation. …”
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Synchronous Whole Sternal Metastasis from Primary Malignant Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor in a Teenager by Vasudeva K. Bhat, Kalasekhar Vijayasekharan, Nawaz Usman, Naveena A.N. Kumar

Subjects: “…malignant mediastinal germ cell tumor…”
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Correction: Aged mice ovaries harbor stem cells and germ cell nests but fail to form follicles by Diksha Sharma, Deepa Bhartiya

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<i>XIST</i>-Promoter Demethylation as Tissue Biomarker for Testicular Germ Cell Tumors and Spermatogenesis Quality by João Lobo, Sandra P. Nunes, Ad J. M. Gillis, Daniela Barros-Silva, Vera Miranda-Gonçalves, Annette van den Berg, Mariana Cantante, Rita Guimarães, Rui Henrique, Carmen Jerónimo, Leendert H. J. Looijenga

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Molecular Characterization of Patients with Cryptorchidism: Preliminary Search for an Expression Profile Related to That of Testicular Germ-Cell Tumors by Fabiola García-Andrade, Rosa María Vigueras-Villaseñor, Margarita Dolores Chávez-Saldaña, Julio César Rojas-Castañeda, Ivan Uriel Bahena-Ocampo, Elena Aréchaga-Ocampo, Mauricio Flores-Fortis, José Díaz-Chávez, Luis Alonso Herrera, Daniel Adrian Landero-Huerta

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: An Epigenetic-Centric View of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors by Ratnakar Singh, Zeeshan Fazal, Sarah J. Freemantle, Michael J. Spinella

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Production of Inter-Genus Somatic Nuclear Transferred Gonadal Germ Cells (snt-GGCs) in Avian Species by Susumu Ishiguro, Yukio Kanai, Atsushi Tajima

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Enhancement of zebrafish sperm production via a large body-sized surrogate with germ cell transplantation by Rigolin Nayak, Roman Franěk, Radek Šindelka, Martin Pšenička

“…Here, we apply germ stem cell transplantation to increase zebrafish sperm production in a closely related larger species from the same subfamily, giant danio Devario aequipinnatus. The endogenous germ cell of the host is depleted by dead-end morpholino antisense oligonucleotide. …”
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Identification of spermatogenesis-associated changes in DNA methylation induced by maternal exposure to chemicals in male germ cells by Yukiko Tando, Yasuhisa Matsui

“…Summary: It is now recognized that maternal environmental factors, including chemical exposure and nutritional conditions, alter DNA methylation patterns in fetal germ cells, subsequently affecting germ cell development as well as offspring phenotypes. …”
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