Reproductive functions of Kisspeptin/KISS1R Systems in the Periphery

Table 1 The expression of of kisspeptin/KISS1R system in the testis

Reference	kisspeptin	KISS1R	methods	species
Mei et al. [5]	Round SPT	Round SPT, LCs (−)	X-GAL staining and IHC	Mouse
Pinto et al. [45]	SPZ	SPZ	IF, WB	Human
Irfan et al. [46]	Interstitial	SCs	ICC	Monkey
Anjum et al. [47]	Interstitial, LCs, Primordial GCs, elongated GCs, Degenerated GCs	No data	IHC	Mouse
Chianese et al. [44]	Interstitial	Interstitial, PMCs, SCs, ISPG, IISPG, ISPC, IISPC, SPT, SPZ	IHC	Frog
Meccariello et al. [6]	No data	Interstitial, ISPG, IISPG, PMCs	ISH	Frog

SPT, spermatids; LCs, Leydig cells; SPZ, spermatozoa; SCs, Sertoli cells; GCs, germ cells; PMCs, peritubular myoid cells; ISPG, primary spermatogonia; IISPG, secondary spermatogonia; ISPC, primary spermatocytes; IISPC, secondary spermatocytes;
IHC, immunohistochemistry; IF, immunofluorescence; WB, western blot; ICC, Immunocytochemistry; ISH, In situ hybridization

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