QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF THE CELL POPULATION OF THE SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES IN IMMATURE RATS
QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF THE CELL POPULATION OF THE SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES IN IMMATURE RATS
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DOI:
10.1002/aja.1001000205
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发表时间:
1957-01-01
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通讯作者:
PEREY, B
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作者:
CLERMONT, Y;PEREY, B
A histological description of the sex cords and seminiferous tubules of rats from late fetal life to maturity was carried out and completed by collecting data on the number of cells present, i. e. supporting cells, gonocytes and/or their progeny. The counts reveal that the supporting cells proliferate actively at and soon after birth, stop dividing in 15-day rats and become typical Sertoli elements in 45-day animals. Some gonocytes start proliferating in 4-day rats and give rise to type A spermatogonia. However, many gonocytes fail to divide and degenerate. In 6-day rats the type A cells in turn proliferate and give rise to new type A cells (stem cells which at later time intervals provided for the formation of new generations of spermatogonia) and to type B cells which in turn produce spermatocytes. By the 15th day the yield of spermatocytes per type A cell is identical to that estimated in the adult. This indicates that a quantitatively normal spermatogenesis is initiated as type A spermatogonia appear, that is, as early as 4 days after birth. On the 15th day it becomes evident that cyclic changes of the seminiferous spithelium similar to those observed in the adult are already established. Presumably the cycle begins as type A spermatogonia start proliferating, and, from the start, the duration of the cycle approximates 10 days as in the adult.