Avtor/Urednik     Petersen, Peter M; Giwercman, Aleksander; Gundersen, Hans J; Pakkenberg, Bente
Naslov     Efficient and unbiased tools for quantitating Leydig and Sertoli cells in the testis from testes biopsies
Tip     članek
Vir     Image Anal Stereol
Vol. in št.     Letnik 19, št. 2
Leto izdaje     2000
Obseg     str. 113-7
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     The possibility of obtaining reliable estimates of the total number of Sertoli and Leydig cells from biopsies by use of the optical fractionator method was tested. The total number of Sertoli and Leydig cells was 522x106 (CV=0.27) and 89x106 (CV=0.34), respectively, when sampling in the entire testis while the mean total number of Sertoli and Leydig cells, sampling from biopsies, was 494x106 and 103x1()6, respectively, statistically a non-significant difference. The present study indicated that total number of testicular cells can be estimated stereologically from the number of cells in biopsies if the sizes of testis and the biopsy can be assessed with adequate precision.
Deskriptorji     TESTIS
LEYDIG CELLS
SERTOLI CELLS
BIOPSY
HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES