Cytokeratin 18 expression in immature Sertoli cells: Co-localization with interstitial lymphocytic infiltrates

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-130

  Kruse, Roland ^a   Eigelshoven, Sibylle ^a   Kaiser, Anna ^a   Ruzicka, Thomas ^a   Neumann, Norbert J ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Andrology; Lymphocytes; Sertoli

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 18; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TESTIS;

ATROPHY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-18; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 66449089220     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10042-009-0009-z     Document Type: Article

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