Blood-testis barrier after transplantation of pituitary cell into dystopic testicle.
A total of 87 allotransplantations of the pituitary were carried out: into intact testicle with or without subsequent transposition into the abdominal cavity and on a previously created model of unilateral cryptorchidism. Histological study showed that pituitary cells retained viability for up to 3 months in all three series. The main structures of the blood-testis barrier (membranes of testicular tubules, tunica albuginea testis, vascular walls, and interstitial tissue) were not damaged, which determined advantages of dystopic testicle in pituitary cell allotransplantation.
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Research and Clinical Center of Andrology and Endocrine Organ Transplantation, Department of Operative Surgery and Surgical Anatomy, Russian University of Peoples' Friendship, Moscow, Russia. yevgenyden@mail.ru
D000818:Animals; D001814:Blood-Testis Barrier / Q000502:physiology*; D017690:Cell Transplantation; D008297:Male; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000166:cytology*; D051381:Rats; D013737:Testis / Q000502:physiology*; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous