ArticleSpermatogenesis2011
Desmosomes in the testis: Moving into an unchartered territory.
Article in Spermatogenesis, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Androgen Actions in the Testis and the Regulation of Spermatogenesis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021Review
- Transcriptome analysis of human heart failure reveals dysregulated cell adhesion in dilated cardiomyopathy and activated immune pathways in ischemic heart failure.BMC genomics · 2018Article
- Regulation of Blood-Testis Barrier (BTB) Dynamics, Role of Actin-, and Microtubule-Based Cytoskeletons.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2018Review
- F5-peptide induces aspermatogenesis by disrupting organization of actin- and microtubule-based cytoskeletons in the testis.Oncotarget · 2016Article
- The cell-cell junctions of mammalian testes: I. The adhering junctions of the seminiferous epithelium represent special differentiation structures.Cell and tissue research · 2014Article
- Serum Angiotensin converting enzyme in pemphigus vulgaris.Indian journal of dermatology · 2014Article
- Role of non-receptor protein tyrosine kinases in spermatid transport during spermatogenesis.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2014Review
- Actin binding proteins, spermatid transport and spermiation.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2014Review
- The dynamic of the apical ectoplasmic specialization between spermatids and Sertoli cells: the case of the small GTPase Rap1.BioMed research international · 2014Review
- Male fertility: Is spermiogenesis the critical step for answering biomedical issues?Spermatogenesis · 2013Article
- The blood-testis barrier and its implications for male contraception.Pharmacological reviews · 2012Review
- Polarity proteins and actin regulatory proteins are unlikely partners that regulate cell adhesion in the seminiferous epithelium during spermatogenesis.Histology and histopathology · 2011Review
- Interactions of laminin β3 fragment with β1-integrin receptor: A revisit of the apical ectoplasmic specialization-blood-testis-barrier-hemidesmosome functional axis in the testis.Spermatogenesis · 2011Article
- Regulation of blood-testis barrier dynamics by desmosome, gap junction, hemidesmosome and polarity proteins: An unexpected turn of events.Spermatogenesis · 2011Article
- Intercellular adhesion molecules (ICAMs) and spermatogenesis.Human reproduction updateReview
- Testicular histopathology associated with disruption of the Sertoli cell cytoskeleton.SpermatogenesisReview
- Toxicants target cell junctions in the testis: Insights from the indazole-carboxylic acid model.SpermatogenesisReview
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Desmosomes are cell-cell junctions that link to cytoplasmic intermediate filaments, and they are known to mediate robust and stable adhesion in organs such as the skin and heart. Desmosomes are also present between apposing Sertoli cells at the blood-testis barrier, and between Sertoli cells and all germ cells up to, but not including, step 8 spermatids in the seminiferous epithelium. Unfortunately, they remain to be one of the least studied cell junction types in the seminiferous epithelium of the mammalian testis. In this article, we briefly discuss how kinases and the actin cytoskeleton relate to the study of desmosomes in the testis. It is hoped that this information is used to initiate more studies on the biology of the desmosome in the future.
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