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[Estrogens affect Sertoli cells and the blood-testis barrier in pubertal rats].

[High power microwave radiation damages blood-testis barrier in rats].

Regulation of testicular tight junctions by gonadotrophins in the adult Djungarian hamster in vivo.

Blood-testis barrier dynamics are regulated by testosterone and cytokines via their differential effects on the kinetics of protein endocytosis and recycling in Sertoli cells.

Cadmium accumulation and binding characteristics in intact Sertoli/germ cell units, and associated effects on stage-specific functions in vitro: insights from a shark testis model.

Interleukin 1 alpha (IL1A) is a novel regulator of the blood-testis barrier in the rat.

The changes of heavy metal and metallothionein distribution in testis induced by cadmium exposure.

Patterns of infiltration of lymphocytes into the testis under normal and pathological conditions in mice.

Cross-talk between tight and anchoring junctions-lesson from the testis.

Size-selective junctional barrier and Ca(2+)-independent cell adhesion in the testis of Cynops pyrrhogaster: expression and function of occludin.

Blood-testis barrier, junctional and transport proteins and spermatogenesis.

ETV5 Is Required for Continuous Spermatogenesis in Adult Mice and May Mediate Blood Testes Barrier Function and Testicular Immune Privilege

Coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor is up-regulated in migratory germ cells during passage of the blood-testis barrier.

Reduced urea flux across the blood-testis barrier and early maturation in the male reproductive system in UT-B-null mice.

Orchestration of occludins, claudins, catenins and cadherins as players involved in maintenance of the blood-epididymal barrier in animals and humans.

Gene expression profiling and its relevance to the blood-epididymal barrier in the human epididymis.

Claudin-11 expression and localisation is regulated by androgens in rat Sertoli cells in vitro.

[Immune-testicular regulation and cytokines].

The role of dynamin 3 in the testis.

Targeted and reversible disruption of the blood-testis barrier by an FSH mutant-occludin peptide conjugate.