Local Regulation of Macrophage Subsets in the Adult Rat Testis: Examination of the Roles of the Seminiferous Tubules, Testosterone, and Macrophage-Migration Inhibitory Factor1
Meinhardt A, Bacher M, Metz C, Bucala R, Wreford N, Lan H, Atkins R, Hedger M. Local Regulation of Macrophage Subsets in the Adult Rat Testis: Examination of the Roles of the Seminiferous Tubules, Testosterone, and Macrophage-Migration Inhibitory Factor1. Biology Of Reproduction 1998, 59: 371-378. PMID: 9687310, DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.2.371.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacrophage migration inhibitory factorSeminiferous tubule functionLeydig cell functionAdult rat testisMacrophage subsetsMacrophage numbersT implantsTubule functionAbdominal testesRat testisLeydig cellsResident macrophagesCytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factorMonocyte/macrophage subsetsCell functionMacrophage surface antigensResident macrophage numbersMacrophage migration inhibitoryMonoclonal antibody ED2MIF levelsLack of expressionSurface antigenInhibitory factorTestosterone implantsScrotal testes
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