Seminiferous tubule structure

Known as: Tubule, Seminiferous, Seminiferous Tubules, Seminiferous tubule 
The convoluted tubules in the TESTIS where sperm are produced (SPERMATOGENESIS) and conveyed to the RETE TESTIS. Spermatogenic tubules are composed… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Long-term proliferation in culture and germline transmission of mouse male germline stem cells.
Spermatogenesis is a complex process that originates in a small population of spermatogonial stem cells. Here we report the in… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Desert hedgehog (Dhh) gene is required in the mouse testis for formation of adult-type Leydig cells and normal development of peritubular cells and seminiferous tubules.
Testes from adult and prepubertal mice lacking the Desert hedgehog (DHH:) gene were examined in order to describe further the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Targeted disruption of hormone-sensitive lipase results in male sterility and adipocyte hypertrophy, but not in obesity.
Hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) is known to mediate the hydrolysis not only of triacylglycerol stored in adipose tissue but also… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Tyro-3 family receptors are essential regulators of mammalian spermatogenesis
We have generated and analysed null mutations in the mouse genes encoding three structurally related receptors with tyrosine… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Testicular sperm extraction: microdissection improves sperm yield with minimal tissue excision.
Testicular sperm extraction (TESE) is often an effective method for sperm retrieval from men with non-obstructive azoospermia… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Transplantation of testis germinal cells into mouse seminiferous tubules.
In the adult male, germ cell differentiation takes place in the seminiferous tubules of the testis by a complex, highly organized… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Targeted disruption of the estrogen receptor gene in male mice causes alteration of spermatogenesis and infertility.
The reproductive system of male mice homozygous for a mutation in the estrogen receptor (ER) gene (ER knock-out; ERKO) appears… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Spermatogenesis following male germ-cell transplantation.
In the adult male, a population of diploid stem-cell spermatogonia continuously undergoes self-renewal and produces progeny cells… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Germline transmission of donor haplotype following spermatogonial transplantation.
Spermatogenesis is a complex, highly organized, very efficient process that is based upon the capacity of stem cell spermatogonia… (More)
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Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Morphometric studies on rat seminiferous tubules.
The goal of this morphometric study was to obtain quantitative information on the seminiferous tubules of Sprague-Dawley rats… (More)
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