The origin of lymphatic capillaries in murine testes

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 745-751

  Hirai, Shuichi ^a   Naito, Munekazu ^a   Terayama, Hayato ^a   Qu, Ning ^a   Kuerban, Maimaiti ^a   Musha, Muhetaerjiang ^a   Ikeda, Ayumi ^a   Miura, Masahiro ^b   Itoh, Masahiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Mouse; Testis; Vessels

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM HYALURONAN RECEPTOR 1; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; LYMPH CAPILLARY; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPLEEN CELL; TESTIS; TUNICA ALBUGINEA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD31; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; TESTIS;

EID: 84866348695     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.015156     Document Type: Article

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