Volume 75, Issue 1, Pages 223-228 (January 2010) Effects of Local and Sustained Release of FGF, IGF, and GH on Germ Cells in Unilateral Undescended Testis in Rats Meltem Bingol-Kologlu, G. Berktug Bahadır, Rahsan Vargun, Hande İlkay, E. Umit Bagrıacik, Sultan Yolbakan, Cengiz Guven, Tugba Endogan, Nesrin Hasırcı, Huseyin Dindar Urology Volume 75, Issue 1, Pages 223-228 (January 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.04.017 Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Photograph showing the gelatin plate sutured to the testis. Urology 2010 75, 223-228DOI: (10.1016/j.urology.2009.04.017) Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 (A) Comparison of mean seminiferous tubular diameters among groups. (B) Comparison of mean testicular biopsy scores among groups. (C) The percentage of haploid cell population for the ipsilateral and contralateral testis for each group. Urology 2010 75, 223-228DOI: (10.1016/j.urology.2009.04.017) Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 (A) Section from an ipsilateral testis in the sham group showing normal appearance of seminiferous tubules and germinal cells (stained with hematoxylin and eosin × 40 magnification). (B) Section from an ipsilateral testis in the gelatin group showing degeneration of germinal cells and decrease in seminiferous tubule diameters in the tubules marked with * (stained with hematoxylin and eosin × 20 magnification). Urology 2010 75, 223-228DOI: (10.1016/j.urology.2009.04.017) Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions