Human testicular mast cells contain tryptase: Increased mast cell number and altered distribution in the testes of infertile men

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 239-244

  Meineke, Viktor ^a   Frungieri, Monica B ^a,b   Jessberger, Berthold ^a   Vogt, Hermann Josef ^a   Mayerhofer, Artur ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antitryptase antibody; Human; Infertility; Mast cell; Testis

Indexed keywords

TRYPTASE; TRYPTASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL;

ADULT; CHYMASES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MAST CELLS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TESTIS; TRYPTASES;

EID: 0034254787     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)00626-9     Document Type: Article

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