Detection of calretinin expression in abnormal immature sertoli cells in non-obstructive azoospermia

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-112

  Bar Shira Maymon, Batia ^a   Yavetz, Haim ^a   Yogev, Leah ^a   Kleiman, Sandra E ^a   Lifschitz Mercer, Beatriz ^b   Schreiber, Letizia ^b   Botchan, Amnon ^a   Hauser, Ron ^a   Paz, Gedalia ^a  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Calretinin; Cytokeratin 18; Immunohistochemistry; Non obstructive azoospermia; Sertoli cell differentiation; Testicular biopsies

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMARKERS; BIOPSY; CHROMOSOMES; HISTOLOGY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT MONITORING; PROTEINS;

AZOOSPREMIA FACTORS; CALRETININ; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

CELLS;

CALRETININ; CYTOKERATIN 18;

ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AZOOSPERMIA; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMATURITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 20444391335     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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