Development of heterotopic transplantation of the testis with the epididymis to evaluate an aspect of testicular immunology in rats.

Transplantation of testicular cells and tissues has been studied for the investigation of immunology of the testis, which is an immunologically privileged organ. However, reports of transplant of the testis at organ level have been extremely limited because of technical difficulties of the orthotopi...

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Main Authors: Kai Yi, Naoyuki Hatayama, Shuichi Hirai, Ning Qu, Shogo Hayashi, Shinichi Kawata, Kenta Nagahori, Munekazu Naito, Masahiro Itoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5419600?pdf=render