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Cytotoxic phenotype of intra-epithelial lymphocytes in normal and cryptorchid human testicular excurrent ducts.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 Feb 2002
Yakirevich E, Yanai O, Sova Y, Sabo E, Stein A, Hiss J, Resnick M B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Most testicular and epididymal lymphocytes express T-cell markers, but their cytotoxic potential and activation status have not been reported. In this study, distribution of the cytotoxic cells was compared between normal and cryptorchid testes stratified into two groups: the first with complete absence of germ cells [Sertoli cell-only (SCO)] and the second with arrested spermatogenesis (SCA)....
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