Local regulation of T cell numbers and lymphocyte-inhibiting activity in the interstitial tissue of the adult rat testis

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 69-80

  Hedger, M P ^a   Meinhardt, A ^b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Immunosuppression; T cells; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; INTERSTITIUM; LEYDIG CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CRYPTORCHIDISM; LEYDIG CELLS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033818075     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(00)00071-1     Document Type: Article

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