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Cardiovascular System > Blood-Testis Barrier
... > Urogenital System > Genitalia > Genitalia, Male > Testis > Seminiferous Tubules > Blood-Testis Barrier
... > Endocrine System > Endocrine Glands > Gonads > Testis > Seminiferous Tubules > Blood-Testis Barrier
... > Urogenital System > Genitalia > Gonads > Testis > Seminiferous Tubules > Blood-Testis Barrier

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Blood-Testis Barrier  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Barriers, Testis-Blood
  • Barrier, Testis-Blood
  • Testis Blood Barrier
  • Testis-Blood Barrier
  • Testis-Blood Barriers

Note

  • coord IM with endogenous substance /metab (IM) or exogenous substance /pharmacokin (IM)

Scope note

  • A specialized barrier, in the TESTIS, between the interstitial BLOOD compartment and the adluminal compartment of the SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES. The barrier is formed by layers of cells from the VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM of the capillary BLOOD VESSELS, to the SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM of the seminiferous tubules. TIGHT JUNCTIONS form between adjacent SERTOLI CELLS, as well as between the ENDOTHELIAL CELLS.

History note

  • 76(75); was see under TESTIS 1975

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001814

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