Lectin‐Binding Sites in Normal Human Testis/Lektinbindungsstellen normaler humaner Hoden

@article{Wollina2009LectinBindingSI,
  title={Lectin‐Binding Sites in Normal Human Testis/Lektinbindungsstellen normaler humaner Hoden},
  author={Uwe Wollina and Gerhard Schreiber and Christine Zollmann and Christina Hipler and E. G{\"u}nther},
  journal={Andrologia},
  year={2009},
  volume={21}
}
Summary: Nine fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) — labelled lectins have been used to investigate the distribution of glycoconjugates in unfixed frozen and Bouin‐fixed sections of normal human testis. 
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Towards Functional Glycomics by Lectin Histochemistry: Strategic Probe Selection to Monitor Core and Branch‐end Substitutions and Detection of Cell‐type and Regional Selectivity in Adult Mouse Testis and Epididymis

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The normal lectin pattern is recovered during testis recrudescence and germ cell apoptotic activity is low, as is observed by specific lectins for germ cells in apoptosis.

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A histochemical study of the fucose (Fuc)-containing glycoconjugates of Xenopus testis by means of lectins, combined with deglycosylation pretreatments, suggesting that fucosylated glycans are of both N- and O-linked types.

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Comparative Cellular Localization of Sugar Residues in Bull (Bos taurus) and Donkey (Equus asinus) Testes Using Lectin Histochemistry

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G glycoconjugate profiling through lectin histochemistry can characterize some cell-type selective markers that will be helpful in studying bull and donkey spermatogenesis.

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Identification, Culture, and Characterization of Germline Stem Cell-Like Cells in Chicken Testes1

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It is concluded that germline stem cell-like cells are present in chicken testicular cells retrieved from both juvenile and adult testes, which can be identified with the specific markers for primordial germ cells or embryonic germ cells.

N-Glycans in Xenopus laevis testis characterised by lectin histochemistry.

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The β-elimination procedure, which removes O-linked glycans, revealed new labelling patterns with GNA, LCA and PHA-L, suggesting that some N-glycans were masked by O- glycans, and thus they became accessible to these lectins only after removal of the O- linked oligosaccharides.

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