Volume 172, Issue 3, Pages 1188-1191 (September 2004) EXPERIMENTAL VARICOCELE INDUCES HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR-1α, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR EXPRESSION AND ANGIOGENESIS IN THE RAT TESTIS FERHAT KILINÇ, FAZILET KAYASELCUK, CEM AYGUN, SEZGIN GUVEL, TULGA EGILMEZ, HAKAN OZKARDES The Journal of Urology Volume 172, Issue 3, Pages 1188-1191 (September 2004) DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000135455.97627.15 Copyright © 2004 American Urological Association, Inc. Terms and Conditions
Figure Sections of rat testis from group 1 with experimental varicocele. A, histological appearance of intertubular interstitial connective tissue. CD31 immunostain, reduced from ×200. B, germ cell desquamation and decreased spermatogenesis. H & E, reduced from ×100. C, HIF-1α expression in germ cells. Reduced from 200. D, HIF-1α expression in endothelial cells (arrow). Reduced from ×400. E, VEGF expression in germ cells. reduced from ×100. The Journal of Urology 2004 172, 1188-1191DOI: (10.1097/01.ju.0000135455.97627.15) Copyright © 2004 American Urological Association, Inc. Terms and Conditions