Structural, cellular and molecular aspects of immune privilege in the testis

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2012, Pages

  Li, Nan ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Han, Daishu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Immune privilege; Sertoli cell; Testis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874128482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00152     Document Type: Review

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