Myofibroblasts in the lamina propria of human seminiferous tubules are dynamic structures of heterogeneous phenotype

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-125

  Holstein, Adolf F ^a,c   Maekawa, Mamiko ^b   Nagano, Toshio ^b   Davidoff, Michail S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE;

EID: 0029934636     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.59.109     Document Type: Article

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