Examination of living Sertoli cells in normal and hypospermatogenic men.
The functional state of living Sertoli cells can be assessed by using transillumination and phase-contrast microscopy. In tissue from hypospermatogenic men the Sertoli cells contained more lipid droplets than in normal cases and sometimes whole degenerative cells.
D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000473:pathology*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D012708:Sertoli Cells / Q000473:pathology*