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Differential Interactions between Transforming Growth Factor-β3/TβR1, TAB1, and CD2AP Disrupt Blood-Testis Barrier and Sertoli-Germ Cell Adhesion
15 Apr 2006
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The biochemical basis that regulates the timely and selective opening of the blood-testis barrier (BTB) to migrating preleptotene/leptotene spermatocytes at stage VIII of the epithelial cycle in adult rat testes is virtually unknown. Recent studies have shown that cytokines (e.g. transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta3) may play a crucial role in this event. However, much of this information relies on the use of...
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