Chapter title |
Phagocytosis by Sertoli Cells: Analysis of Main Phagocytosis Steps by Confocal and Electron Microscopy
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Chapter number | 8 |
Book title |
Sertoli Cells
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7698-0_8 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7697-3, 978-1-4939-7698-0
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Authors |
Marina G. Yefimova, Nadia Messaddeq, Annie-Claire Meunier, Anne Cantereau, Bernard Jegou, Nicolas Bourmeyster, Yefimova, Marina G., Messaddeq, Nadia, Meunier, Annie-Claire, Cantereau, Anne, Jegou, Bernard, Bourmeyster, Nicolas |
Abstract |
Sertoli cells were discovered in the seminiferous tubules by Enrico Sertoli in 1865 (Morgagni 7:31-33, 1865). Intense phagocytosis is, in the context of spermatogenesis cycle, morphologically the most noticeable function of Sertoli cells. In this chapter the major principles of phagocytosis machinery and its specificities in the seminiferous tubules will be briefly reviewed, guidelines of analysis of main phagocytosis steps by confocal and transmission electron microscopy will be described, and a simplified method to assess phagocytosis rate in routine experiments will be given. |
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