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Blood-Testis Barrier

Known as: Testis-Blood Barrier, Blood-Testis Barriers, Testis Blood Barrier 
A specialized barrier, in the TESTIS, between the interstitial BLOOD compartment and the adluminal compartment of the SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES. The… 
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Capillary PermeabilityMale Genital OrgansMale Reproductive SystemMicrobiological

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2005
2005
The blood-testis barrier in men of diverse fertility status: An ultrastructural study
The permeability of the blood-testis barrier was studied in 41 men of diverse fertility status by observing the distribution of… 
1997
1997
Degenerative changes in spermatogonia are associated with loss of glucose transporter (Glut 3) in abdominal testis of surgically induced unilateral cryptorchidism in rats.
Expression of facilitative glucose transporters (Glut 1, 2 and 3) was examined by Western blot analyses 10, 20 and 30 days… 
1985
1985
The distribution of serum albumin in the rat testis, studied by electron microscope immunocytochemistry on ultrathin frozen sections.
The distribution of serum albumin is of interest in the rat testis because this protein is the principal carrier for testosterone… 
1981
1981
Effects of immunization with Freund's complete adjuvant and isologous spermatozoa on the seminiferous epithelium and blood‐testis barrier in guinea pigs
In order to gain insight into the earliest pathological changes underlying the development of autoimmune aspermatogenic orchitis… 
1981
1981
Cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and the blood testis barrier.
The blood testis barrier has been implicated in the pathogenesis of testicular relapse of childhood acute leukemia by forming a… 
1980
1980
Blood-testis barrier in men with idiopathic hypogonadotropic eunuchoidism and postpuberal pituiary failure.
Immature-type Sertoli cells in the testes of idiopathic hypogonadotropic eunuchoidism (17-30 years of age) had no specialized… 
1979
1979
Effects of vasectomy on the blood-testis barrier of the hamster.
The effects of vasectomy on the blood-testis and blood-epididymal barriers to 3H2O, [3H]inulin, and [14C]urea were examined by… 
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1978
Highly Cited
1978
Study of follitropin receptors in testis using a homologous system. Binding of porcine follitropin to plasma membranes from immature porcine testis and correlation with adenylate cyclase stimulation.
The properties of follitropin receptors in immature porcine testis were determined using highly purified porcine follitropin. 1… 
1978
1978
Blood-testis barrier: evidence for intact inter-Sertoli cell junctions after hypophysectomy in the adult rat.
To study the hormonal dependence of the blood-testis barrier, adult rats were hypophysectomized and the ultrastructural integrity… 
1976
1976
Effects of mammalian and nonmammalian gonadotropins on androgen production by minced rabbit testis.
Androgen production by minced testis from adult rabbits was measured in response to a variety of FSHs and LH5 from eutherian… 
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