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ArticleBiology of reproduction2025

Utilization of the QuPath open-source software platform for analysis of mammalian spermatogenesis†.

Bryan A Niedenberger, Heather A Belcher, Emma A Gilbert, Matthew A Thomas, Christopher B Geyer

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Article in Biology of reproduction, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Bryan A NiedenbergerDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
Heather A BelcherDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
Emma A GilbertDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
Matthew A ThomasDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
Christopher B GeyerDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.

Funding

Selecting sperm with distinct metabolic phenotypes to increase ART efficiencyR01HD110170 · NICHD · EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY · PI Christopher Bennett Geyer · 2023 to 2026
$2.0M
Challenging the role of retinoic acid in meiotic initiationR21HD105963 · NICHD · EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY · PI GEYER, CHRISTOPHER BENNETT · 2022 to 2023
$424k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD110170NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD105963NICHD NIH HHS R21HD105963NIH HHS R01HD110170
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The adult mammalian testis is filled with seminiferous tubules, which contain somatic Sertoli cells along with germ cells undergoing all phases of spermatogenesis. During spermatogenesis in postnatal mice, male germ cells undergo at least 17 different nomenclature changes as they proceed through mitosis as spermatogonia (=8), meiosis as spermatocytes (=6), and spermiogenesis as spermatids (=3). Adding to this complexity, combinations of germ cells at each of these stages of development are clumped together along the length of the seminiferous tubules. Due to this, considerable expertise is required for investigators to accurately analyze changes in spermatogenesis in animals that have spontaneous mutations, have been genetically modified (transgenic or knockout/knockin), or have been treated with pharmacologic agents. Here, we leverage our laboratory's expertise in spermatogenesis to optimize the open-source "Quantitative Pathology & Bioimage Analysis" software platform for automated analyses of germ and somatic cell populations in both the developing and adult mammalian testis.

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SoftwareSpermatogenesisAnimalsMaleMiceTestisSertoli cellsoftwarespermatidspermatocytespermatogoniatestis

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PMID39817641
PMCPMC11911557

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