supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.32270555 and 32072954).
The phosphoinositide-3-kinase/Akt(PI3K/AKT)signaling pathway is crucial for Sertoli cell development and completing spermatogenesis.Its main role is to promote proliferation and inhibit apoptosis.Many factors activate...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.32072954 and 32102786).
The SRY-related high mobility group(HMG)box(SOX)transcription factors participate in many physiological processes of animal growth,development,and reproduction and are related to spermatogenesis in many species.Howeve...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32072954 and No.41776144);Zhejiang Province Public Welfare Technology Application Research Project(including Natural Science Foundation)(No.LGF20C120001).
Spermatogenesis is a complicated and highly regulated male gamete differentiation process that begins with the proliferation and differentiation of spermatogonia to the release of the mature spermatozoa.The autophagy-...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/,Grant No.31572401)to W.Z.,the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province;China(http://kjt.shaanxi.gov.cn/,Grant No.2019JQ-430);Young Talent fund of University Association for Science and Technology in Shaanxi,China(http://www.snast.org.cn/,Grant No.20180204);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(http://jj.chinapostdoctor.org.cn/website/index.html,Grant No.2018M641032);a startup fund from Northwest A&F University(https://www.nwafu.edu.cn/,Grant No.2452018037)to Y.Z.Conflicts of Interest:The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Spermatogenesis is a highly efficient and intricate process in the testis by which mature spermatozoa are produced daily to maintain lifelong male fertility.Essential to this process are spermatogonia capable of both ...
The testis is a double gland comprised of the sperm-producing seminiferous tubules and a complex endocrine interstice.The former structures generate and release whole cells(exocrine aspect of the gland)while the latte...
supported by the FAPEMAT(Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Mato Grosso,process#0769/2006).
The reproductive cycle in anurans may be either continuous or discontinuous.These differences may be connected to seasonal climate changes and/or to anthropic activity.Forty adult male individuals of the Dendropsophus...