The presence of intra-tubular lymphocytes in normal testis of the mouse

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 91-96

  Naito, Munekazu ^a   Terayama, Hayato ^a   Hirai, Shuichi ^a   Qu, Ning ^a   Moriyama, Hiroshi ^b   Itoh, Masahiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood Testis barrier; Lymphocyte; Sperm; Testes

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; C3H MOUSE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETE TESTIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RETE TESTIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 63149098732     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj.85.91     Document Type: Article

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