ReviewBiology of reproduction2018
50 years of spermatogenesis: Sertoli cells and their interactions with germ cells.
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- Beclin1 Regulates Sertoli Cell Function to Maintain Mouse Spermatogenesis.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2026Article
- DUET-seq: An Open-Source Droplet Platform for High-Fidelity Joint Chromatin and Transcriptome Profiling Reveals Temporal Regulatory Decoupling in Single Cells.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Sertoli cell oxidative stress as a convergent hazard endpoint for environmental toxicants: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and AOP-based assessment.Redox biology · 2026Review
- An Enriched Primary Culture Reveals Morphological Heterogeneity of Rat Testicular Telocytes.Cells · 2026Article
- Oxidative Stress-Mediated Mitochondrial Dysfunction Drives Genistein-Induced Apoptosis in TM4 Sertoli and ELT3 Leiomyoma Cells.Journal of xenobiotics · 2026Article
- The temporal architecture of the seminiferous epithelial cycle revealed by spatial transcriptomics.Cell · 2026Article
- Gut Microbiota-Mediated Histidine Deficiency Drives Testicular Ferroptosis Induced by Bisphenol F Exposure.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Comprehensive Insight into the Male Dog Reproductive System in Health and Diseases: Developmental, Genetic, and Environmental Factors-Review on Research and Clinical Trials.Veterinary sciences · 2026Review
- Effects of White Bualuang (Biology · 2026Article
- Messenger RNA delivery into Sertoli cells restores fertility to congenitally infertile male mice.Stem cell reports · 2026Article
- DIA Proteomics Reveals the Mechanism of cAMP Signaling Pathway-Mediated HPT Axis in Regulating Spermatogenesis of Hu Sheep.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Dynamic regulation of spermatogenesis and hybrid sterility revealed by single-cell analysis in yak and cattle.Molecular biology and evolution · 2026Article
- Lycium barbarum polysaccharides enhance testicular spermatogenesis in d-galactose-induced aging rats via calcium signaling.Andrology · 2026Article
- PTBP1 supports mouse spermatogenesis by facilitating cytoskeletal organization through the mTORC2-PKCα pathway in Sertoli cells.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Photoperiodic regulation of Wnts in spermatogenesis of Brandt's vole (Lasiopodomys brandtii).Frontiers in zoology · 2026Article
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- The dynamics of ciliogenesis in prepubertal mouse meiosis reveals new clues about testis maturation.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Article
- Unveiling novel insights into gene expression in monkey testes through single-nucleus-based analysis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Article
- CD43 expressed in Sertoli, Leydig and germ cells inhibits testicular function and represents a potential target to treat male infertility or effect male contraception.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2025Article
- Protective potential ofOpen veterinary journal · 2025Article
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Abstract
The complex morphology of the Sertoli cells and their interactions with germ cells has been a focus of investigators since they were first described by Enrico Sertoli. In the past 50 years, information on Sertoli cells has transcended morphology alone to become increasingly more focused on molecular questions. The goal of investigators has been to understand the role of the Sertoli cells in spermatogenesis and to apply that information to problems relating to male fertility. Sertoli cells are unique in that they are a nondividing cell population that is active for the reproductive lifetime of the animal and cyclically change morphology and gene expression. The numerous and distinctive junctional complexes and membrane specializations made by Sertoli cells provide a scaffold and environment for germ cell development. The increased focus of investigators on the molecular components and putative functions of testicular cells has resulted primarily from procedures that isolate specific cell types from the testicular milieu. Products of Sertoli cells that influence germ cell development and vice versa have been characterized from cultured cells and from the application of transgenic technologies. Germ cell transplantation has shown that the Sertoli cells respond to cues from germ cells with regard to developmental timing and has furthered a focus on spermatogenic stem cells and the stem cell niche. Very basic and universal features of spermatogenesis such as the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium and the spermatogenic wave are initiated by Sertoli cells and maintained by Sertoli-germ cell cooperation.
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