Growth factor activity in luminal fluids from the male reproductive tract of the ram, rat, tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) and Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).
Growth factor activity in luminal fluids from the male reproductive tract was assayed by measuring the stimulation of [3H]thymidine incorporation into BALB/c 3T3 fibroblasts. The potency of fluids from the rete testis of the rat, ram, tammar wallaby and Japanese quail was much the same. However, about 90% of the activity in fluid from the rete testis of the rat and tammar was lost during its passage through the epididymis.
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
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Jones
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Walsh
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Setchell
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Clulow
D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D003370:Coturnix; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000378:metabolism*; D007614:Macropodidae; D008297:Male; D008322:Mammals / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D051381:Rats; D012152:Rete Testis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012756:Sheep; D013737:Testis / Q000378:metabolism*
D006133:Growth Substances