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  1. Gonzalez Regimen (PDQ®) - PDQ Cancer Information Summaries - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK65848
    ... proposal that cancer cells, like trophoblasts, arise from primordial germ cells . Dr. Beard also thought that some of these ... and cancer cells have a common origin in primordial germ cells. Dr. Kelley maintained, furthermore, that cancer was initiated ...
  2. Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumors Treatment (PDQ®) - PDQ Cancer Information Summaries - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK65877
    ... Extracranial Germ Cell Tumors (GCTs) GCTs arise from primordial germ cells, which migrate during embryogenesis from the yolk sac ... GCTs. Figure 1. Extracranial germ cell development from primordial germ cells. Credit: Thomas Olson, M.D. Incidence Childhood GCTs ...
  3. Childhood Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumors Treatment (PDQ®) - PDQ Cancer Information Summaries - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK82800
    ... cell theory proposes that CNS GCTs arise from primordial germ cells that have aberrantly migrated and undergone malignant transformation. ... without; P = .02).[ 31 ] Global hypomethylation that mirrors primordial germ cells in early development has also been observed in ...
  4. Y Chromosome Infertility - GeneReviews® - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1339
    ... make induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) differentiate into primordial germ cells and ultimately sperm [Author, personal communication]. Search ClinicalTrials. ...
  5. ACVR1 gene: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/acvr1
    ... visceral endoderm is necessary for the generation of primordial germ cells in the mouse embryo. Genes Dev. 2004 Aug ...
  6. Laetrile/Amygdalin (PDQ®) - PDQ Cancer Information Summaries - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK65988
    ... to the trophoblastic theory, all cancers arise from primordial germ cells , some of which become dispersed throughout the body ...
  7. Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment (PDQ®) - PDQ Cancer Information Summaries - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK65726
    ... hormone production. Because of their greater complement of primordial ... germ cell function maintained in boys. Important concepts related to ...
  8. Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer (PDQ®) - PDQ Cancer Information Summaries - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK65832
    ... reproductive potential (e.g., semen analysis in men, primordial follicle count ... patients with germ cell tumors, orchiectomy or oophorectomy may reduce germ cell ...
  9. xmlghr-summaries.xml 
    https://medlineplus.gov/download/ghr-summaries.xml
    ... cancer develops not in epithelial cells but in germ cells, which are precursors to egg cells, or in ... function of certain cell types, including reproductive cells (germ cells), early blood cells (hematopoietic stem cells), white blood ...
  10. Silver-Russell Syndrome - GeneReviews® - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1324
    ... instability Microcephaly Sloping forehead PCNT Microcephalic osteo dysplastic primordial dwarfism type II AR High-pitched voice Disproportionate ... a pathogenic variant that is present in the germ [gonadal] cells only.) The family history of some individuals diagnosed ...