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Spermatogenic cells distal to the blood-testis barrier in rats lack C3 convertase regulators and may be at risk of complement-mediated injury.

Journal of reproductive immunology - 1 Feb 2006

Mizuno Masashi, Harris Claire L, Morgan B Paul

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On most tissues, multiple membrane complement regulators (CReg) protect self-cells from damage by complement. An exception is the brain, where the blood-brain barrier provides a protected environment within which cells survive with little or no protection from complement. The testis has a functionally similar structure, the blood-testis barrier (BTB). Here, we have investigated the expression of C3/C5 convertase...

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PMID: 16380167
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2005.11.002

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