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Specific deletion of Cdh2 in Sertoli cells leads to altered meiotic progression and subfertility of mice.
Biology of reproduction - 1 Mar 2015
Jiang Xiaohua, Ma Tieliang, Zhang Yuanwei, Zhang Huan, Yin Shi, Zheng Wei, Wang Liu, Wang Zheng, Khan Manan, Sheikh Salma W, Bukhari Ihtisham, Iqbal Furhan, Cooke Howard J, Shi Qinghua
Abstract excerpt
CDH2 (cadherin 2, Neural-cadherin, or N-cadherin) is the predominant protein of testicular basal ectoplasmic specializations (basal ES; a testis-specific type of adhesion junction), one of the major cell junctions composing the blood-testis barrier (BTB). The BTB is found between adjacent Sertoli cells in seminiferous tubules, which divides the tubules into basal and adluminal compartments and prevents the...
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