Reproductive System, Male

Testis, Germinal Epithelium - Atrophy

    Narrative
    Testis, Germinal epithelium - Atrophy in a male F344/N rat from a subchronic study. Seminiferous tubules are lined only by Sertoli cells.
    Testis, Germinal epithelium - Atrophy in a male F344/N rat from a subchronic study. Higher magnification of Sertoli cell-lined seminiferous tubules in Figure 1.
    Testis, Germinal epithelium - Atrophy in a male F344/N rat from a subchronic study. The majority of the seminiferous tubules are lined only by Sertoli cells.
    Testis, Germinal epithelium - Atrophy in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. Seminiferous tubules lack germ cells and are lined only by Sertoli cells.

    Authors

    Dianne M. Creasy, PhD, Dip RCPath, FRCPath
    Dianne Creasy Consulting LLC
    Pipersville, PA

    Robert R. Maronpot, DVM, MS, MPH, DACVP, DABT, FIATP
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Dipak K. Giri, DVM, PHD, DACVP
    Toxicologic Pathologist
    Integrated Laboratory Systems, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Reviewers

    Mark F. Cesta, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Staff Scientist, NTP Pathologist
    Cellular and Molecular Pathology Branch
    Division of the National Toxicology Program
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    David E. Malarkey DVM, PhD, DACVP, FIATP
    Head, National Toxicology Program Pathology Group
    Cellular and Molecular Pathology Branch
    Division of the National Toxicology Program
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
    Research Triangle Park, NC