Sertoli Cells Maintain Leydig Cell Number and Peritubular Myoid Cell Activity in the Adult Mouse Testis

Diane Rebourcet; Peter J. O’Shaughnessy; Ana Monteiro; Laura Milne; Lyndsey Cruickshanks; Nathan Jeffrey; Florian Guillou; Tom C. Freeman; Rod T. Mitchell; Lee B. Smith

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105687

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Sertoli Cells Maintain Leydig Cell Number and Peritubular Myoid Cell Activity in the Adult Mouse Testis

Diane Rebourcet ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Diane Rebourcet, Peter J. O’Shaughnessy

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Peter J. O’Shaughnessy ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Diane Rebourcet, Peter J. O’Shaughnessy

Affiliation Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Garscube Campus, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Ana Monteiro,

Affiliation Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Garscube Campus, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Laura Milne,

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Lyndsey Cruickshanks,

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Nathan Jeffrey,

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Florian Guillou,

Affiliation Station de Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements (PRC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR 6073 INRA-CNRS-Université de Tours, Nouzilly, France
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Tom C. Freeman,

Affiliation The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Rod T. Mitchell,

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Lee B. Smith

* E-mail: Lee.Smith@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Sertoli Cells Maintain Leydig Cell Number and Peritubular Myoid Cell Activity in the Adult Mouse Testis

Diane Rebourcet,
Peter J. O’Shaughnessy,
Ana Monteiro,
Laura Milne,
Lyndsey Cruickshanks,
Nathan Jeffrey,
Florian Guillou,
Tom C. Freeman,
Rod T. Mitchell,
Lee B. Smith

Published: August 21, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105687

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