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ArticleCell and tissue research1991

Distribution of actin-filament bundles in myoid cells, Sertoli cells, and tunica albuginea of rat and mouse testes.

M Maekawa, T Nagano, K Kamimura, T Murakami, H Ishikawa, M Dezawa

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Article in Cell and tissue research, 1991. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M MaekawaDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan.
T Nagano
K Kamimura
T Murakami
H Ishikawa
M Dezawa
Chiba University · JPGunma University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Frozen sections of the rat and mouse testes were stained with either FITC-phalloidin or NBD-phallacidin and viewed with conventional fluorescence and confocal laser microscopes in order to demonstrate the arrangement of actin-filament bundles in myoid cells, Sertoli cells and tunica albuginea. Myoid cells are rich in actin-filament bundles crossing at right angles. These bundles running in different directions can also be visualized by means of electron microscopy. Nerve fibers occur in the vicinity of myoid cells, suggesting a neural control of the cell. At Sertoli cell junctions actin filaments occur at the circumference of the cell, where they show a honeycomb pattern. The ratio of the number of Sertoli cells per myoid cell can be calculated by means of confocal microscopy; this technique may provide a new parameter for determining spermatogenic activity. In the tunica albuginea of the juvenile mouse testis, actin filaments are arranged in an alternate fashion.

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ActinsAnimalsConnective TissueConnective Tissue CellsImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLasersMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CPeptides, CyclicPhalloidineRatsRats, Inbred StrainsSertoli CellsSpermatogenesisTestisActinsPeptides, CyclicphallacidinPhalloidine

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PMID1764727
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