Cytotoxic phenotype of intra-epithelial lymphocytes in normal and cryptorchid human testicular excurrent ducts

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 275-283

  Yakirevich, E ^a   Yanai, O ^b   Sova, Y ^a   Sabo, E ^a   Stein, A ^a   Hiss, J ^b   Resnick, M B ^a  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b National Center of Forensic Medicine   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Cytotoxic lymphocytes; Epididymis; Granzyme B; Testis

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GRANZYME B; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE INTRACELLULAR ANTIGEN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE MARKER; EPIDIDYMIS; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; STROMA; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TESTIS FUNCTION;

EID: 0036181844     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.2.275     Document Type: Article

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