Morphological characteristics of male germ cells of rats in contact with Sertoli cells in vitro
- 1 November 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Reproduction
- Vol. 57 (2) , 325-330
- https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0570325
Abstract
Seminiferous epithelium fragments were prepared from 3 wk old rats. Although the Sertoli cells formed a monolayer, germ cells (spermatogonia and early spermatocytes) remained in association with them and were of normal ultrastructural appearance. Germ cells became completely separated from Sertoli cells after 3 wk of culture in a chemically defined medium. The contact areas between Sertoli and germ cells were characterized by desmosome-like junctions while those between germ cells appeared to be pentalaminar.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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