title: [Testicular CR16 and spermatogenesis].
abstract: Spermatogenesis is a complex regulatory process depending on a variety of hormones (such as FSH, LH, T, and 17beta estradiol), cytokines, and genes. Research on gene regulation in spermatogenesis has become a hot spot and revealed some spermato-genesis-related genes, such as AYZ, DAZ, YRRM, NOSTRIN, and so on. Reports are rarely seen on the role of CR16 in male reproduction, and its action mechanism in spermatogenesis is not yet clear. This article updates the role of CR16 in spermatogenesis in the male reproductive system from the perspective of Sertoli cells forming a blood-testis barrier.
authors.affiliation: Family Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China. fuxiaochunai@126.com
authors.forename: Xiao-Chun
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Wen-Pei
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Xiang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001814:Blood-Testis Barrier; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D012708:Sertoli Cells; D013091:Spermatogenesis; D013737:Testis / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D008840:Microfilament Proteins; C562194:WIPF3 protein, human