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The Dialogue Between Late Spermatids and Sertoli Cells in Vertebrates: A Century of Research

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Spermatogenesis — Fertilization — Contraception

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Abstract

In the nineteenth century, the relationship between spermatids and Sertoli cells had already attracted the attention of scientists (histologists) and much passionate debate. In his review of 1901, Regaud noted that earlier authors, such as von Ebner, Sertoli, Benda had observed the development of a “substantial union” between elongating spermatids and Sertoli cells. Benda (1887) and von Ebner (1871, 1888) developed the basic concepts of “copulation” and “spermatoblast” (symbiotic relationship) respectively, to characterize the relationship between late spermatids and Sertoli cells. The controversy whether this was true “copulation” (i.e. cytoplasmic continuity between the cells), only ended when Burgos and Fawcett (1955), using the electron microscope, clarified details of the boundary relations between spermatids and Sertoli cells (Roosen-Runge 1962).

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Jégou, B. et al. (1992). The Dialogue Between Late Spermatids and Sertoli Cells in Vertebrates: A Century of Research. In: Nieschlag, E., Habenicht, UF. (eds) Spermatogenesis — Fertilization — Contraception. Schering Foundation Workshop, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02815-5_4

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