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Isolation of Sertoli Cells and Peritubular Cells from Rat Testes
Published on: February 8, 2016
Sertoli Cells - Methods and Protocols
1University of Pavia, Department of Biology and Biotechnology "Lazzaro Spallanzani". carloalberto.redi@unipv.it.
Abstract:
The mammalian somatic cell providing the physiological milieu to germ cells growth and differentiation is the Sertoli cell, named after the Italian physiologist Enrico Sertoli. Sertoli described for the first time this functionally multitasking cell in 1865 (when he was 23 years-old!) in human testicular tissues while ending up his medicine studies at the University of Pavia...
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