Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are classically known as hormonal factors and recent studies have revealed that FGFs have a key role in regulating growth and development of several reproductive organs, including the testis. The testis is mainly consisted of germ cells, Sertoli cells and Leydig cells to develop and maintain the male phenotype and reproduction. This review summarizes the structu...

The aberrancies concerning the number, origin and course of the testicular arteries are found in an incidence of approximately 4.7-20% in the literature and are documented less frequently than the respective variations of the homonymous veins. In the current study, a very rare complex of testicular arteries' variations isdescribed, in which the occurrence of bilateral double testicular arteries...

Testicular torsion is a consequence of spermatic cord twisting which causes progressive damage to the structure of the testis and reduces sperm quality and usually results in infertility. In the present study, with the assumption of the protective effects of L-carnitine and betamethasone against ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injuries, their effects on twisted testicles were evaluated and compared. ...

Background: Testicular dysfunction is one of the common side effects that results from the treatment with oxaliplatin® as a chemotherapy drug, and pharmaceutical search for agents to relieve the side effects are underway. The current study explored the possible ameliorative and regenerative effects of Costus ethanolic extract against testicular degeneration in male rats induced by oxaliplatin. ...

848 testicular biopsy slides of 664 infertile men were reviewed from the archive of jahad daneshgahi pathology center. tite mean age of patients was 33 years. bilateral testicular biopsies were performed in 197 cases. in 47 cases (23.9%) the histopathologic findings were not identical mixed pattern were encountered frequently which must be kept in mirul in pathologic evaluations and reports.

Sand perch Diplectrum formosum were collected in the Atlantic Ocean waters off the south-eastern U.S. for life history analyses between April 2001 and July 2004 and ranged in size from 63 to 236 mm standard length (L(S)) and 0-8 years of age. Diplectrum formosum are simultaneous hermaphrodites that reach 50% sexual maturity at 12.2 months and 122.8 mm L(S) for testicular tissue and 13.6 months ...

INTRODUCTION Variations in the number and course of the testicular arteries, often coexisting with variations of the other branches arising from the abdominal aorta, are still reported to be of interest to urology surgeons. CASE PRESENTATION During a routine dissection course, an unusual origin of the double left testicular artery was observed in the cadaver of a 68-year-old Caucasian man who...