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From: Morphological evidences indicate that the interference of cimetidine on the peritubular components is responsible for detachment and apoptosis of Sertoli cells

Figure 2

Electron micrographs of portion of seminiferous tubule of rat from CG. In A, the SC showing nucleus (S) with evident nucleolus (arrowhead), smooth endoplasmic reticulum (Ser) and lipid inclusions (Li), is adjacent to the peritubular tissue (PT). ×11,000. In B (high magnification of A), a well defined epithelial basal lamina (Bl) and a thin layer of type I collagen fibrils (asterisk) are observed. In the inner surface of the myoid cell (M), a discontinuous basal lamina is observed (Bli); the external surface is surrounded by a continuous basal lamina (Ble). Hemidesmosome-like junctions (white arrowheads) are anchoring SC to the lamina densa of the epithelial basal lamina. Endothelial cell (E). ×28,800.

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