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Myofibroblasts in the lamina propria of human semi-niferous tubules are dynamic structures of heterogeneous phenotype.
Archives of histology and cytology - 1 May 1996
Holstein A F, Maekawa M, Nagano T, Davidoff M S
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Myofibroblasts of the lamina propria of human seminiferous tubules were studied in testes having normal or slightly reduced spermatogenesis by means of electron microscopy, confocal laser microscopy and immunocytochemistry. Myofibroblasts are large, flat individual cells braced in a network of microfibrils and collagen fibrils in the tubular wall. They are arranged in discontinuous cell layers with interposed...
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