The blood-testis and blood-epididymis barriers are more than just their tight junctions

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 851-858

  Mita, Payal ^a   Hinton, Barry T ^b   Dufour, Jannette M ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical (physical) barrier; Blood barrier; Epididymis; Immunological barrier; Physiological barrier; Sertoli cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN;

BLOOD EPIDIDYMIS BARRIER; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL MATURATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREGULATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; MALE; PERMEABILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 79956267665     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.087452     Document Type: Short Survey

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