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The Sertoli Cell – A Hormonal Target and ‘Super’ Nurse for Germ Cells That Determines Testicular Siz...

The Sertoli Cell – A Hormonal Target and ‘Super’ Nurse for Germ Cells That Determines Testicular Siz...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_karger_primary_94142

The Sertoli Cell – A Hormonal Target and ‘Super’ Nurse for Germ Cells That Determines Testicular Size

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Full title

The Sertoli Cell – A Hormonal Target and ‘Super’ Nurse for Germ Cells That Determines Testicular Size

Publisher

Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger AG

Journal title

Hormone research, 2006-01, Vol.66 (4), p.153-161

Language

English

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Publisher

Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger AG

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Scope and Contents

Contents

The somatic Sertoli cell plays an essential role in embryonic determination of male somatic sex and in spermatogenesis during adult life. One individual Sertoli cell supplies a clone of developing germ cells with nutrients and growth factors and it is well established that the number of Sertoli cells present is closely correlated to both testicular...

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Full title

The Sertoli Cell – A Hormonal Target and ‘Super’ Nurse for Germ Cells That Determines Testicular Size

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_karger_primary_94142

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_karger_primary_94142

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ISSN

1663-2818,0301-0163

E-ISSN

1663-2826

DOI

10.1159/000094142

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