Immunoregulatory activity in adult rat testicular interstitial fluid: Relationship with intratesticular CD8+ lymphocytes following treatment with ethane dimethane sulfonate and testosterone implants

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 935-942

  Hedger, Mark P ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Lan, Hui Y ^a   Atkins, Robert C ^a   Wreford, Nigel G ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMESYLATE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; LEYDIG CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOMETRY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TESTIS; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DRUG IMPLANTS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; LEYDIG CELLS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MESYLATES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031917830     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.4.935     Document Type: Article

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