Mice spermatogonial stem cells transplantation induces macrophage migration into the seminiferous epithelium and lipid body formation: High-resolution light microscopy and ultrastructural studies

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1002-1014

  Dias, Felipe F ^a,b   Chiarini Garcia, Hélio ^b   Parreira, Gleydes G ^b   Melo, Rossana C N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; germ cell transplantation; high resolution light microscopy; inflammation; lipid bodies; lipid droplets; macrophage migration; spermatogonial stem cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MONOCYTES; ORGANELLES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82055202924     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927611012098     Document Type: Article

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