Immunohistochemical Characterization of Spontaneous Sertoli Cell Clusters in the Seminiferous Tubules of C57BL/6J Mice

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 743-746

  Anagawa Nakamura, Akiko ^a   Kakimoto, Kochi ^a   Miyajima, Katsuhiro ^a   Yasui, Yuzo ^a   Kemmochi, Yusuke ^a   Toyoda, Kaoru ^a   Taniai, Eriko ^a   Takahashi, Akemi ^a   Shoda, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

C57BL 6J mice; immunohistochemistry; microscopic findings; seminiferous tubules; Sertoli cell clusters; spontaneous

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN; CLDN11 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; CLAUDIN 11; CYCLINE;

ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CLUSTER; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY; DEGENERATION; EOSINOPHIL; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERM;

ANIMALS; CLAUDINS; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; SERTOLI CELLS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84935095049     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623314565368     Document Type: Article

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