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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 01:41Preparation of Feeder Cells
- 03:54Dissociation of Mouse Testis Tissue to Obtain Donor Germ Cells
- 06:17Plating Testicular Suspension and Colony Picking for First Passage
- 09:00Subsequent Expansion and Passaging of SSCs by Trituration
- 10:13Representative SSC Culturing Results
- 11:51Conclusion
A simple method to derive and maintain spermatogonial stem and progenitor cell lines from adult mice is presented here. The method utilizes feeder cells originating from the somatic cell compartment of the adult mouse testis. This technique is applicable to common mouse strains, including transgenic, knock-out, and knock-in mice.
