Histopathology of the tubuli recti at the start of experimental autoimmune orchitis in mice

Medical Molecular Morphology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 230-235

  Naito, Munekazu ^a   Terayama, Hayato ^a   Hirai, Shuichi ^a   Qu, Ning ^a   Kawata, Shinichi ^a   Itoh, Masahiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Lymphocyte; Rete testis; Testis; Tubulus rectus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORCHITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TESTIS; TUBULUS RECTUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GERM CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; ORCHITIS; RETE TESTIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 76949088720     PISSN: 18601480     EISSN: 18601499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00795-009-0469-4     Document Type: Article

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