Seminiferous Tubules
"Seminiferous Tubules" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The convoluted tubules in the TESTIS where sperm are produced (SPERMATOGENESIS) and conveyed to the RETE TESTIS. Spermatogenic tubules are composed of developing germ cells and the supporting SERTOLI CELLS.
| Descriptor ID |
D012671
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.444.849.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Seminiferous Tubules- Seminiferous Tubules
- Seminiferous Tubule
- Tubule, Seminiferous
- Tubules, Seminiferous
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Seminiferous Tubules" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Pence LM, Schmitt TC, Beger RD, Del Valle PL, Nakamura N. Testicular function in cultured postnatal mouse testis fragments is similar to that of animals during the first wave of spermatogenesis. Birth Defects Res. 2019 03 15; 111(5):270-280.
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Mohamed RH, Karam RA, Hagrass HA, Amer MG, Abd El-Haleem MR. Anti-apoptotic effect of spermatogonial stem cells on doxorubicin-induced testicular toxicity in rats. Gene. 2015 Apr 25; 561(1):107-14.