ABSTRACT

Senior investigators internationally have here collaborated to produce an international reference work. Each contributor provides critical and thought provoking concepts and ideas based on the latest developments in their field. The result is a must read and timely reference work for investigators who are interested in how spermatogenesis is currently understood and which are the most promising avenues for future research; an Introduction sets the context for the chapter and points out the relevance of the research for basic research scientists and clinicians.

chapter 1|40 pages

Golgi apparatus regulation of differentiation

A case study for male germ cells of the rat testis

chapter 3|11 pages

Testicular immunoregulation

The role of Tyro3, Axl, and Mer receptor tyrosine kinases and pattern recognition receptors

chapter 5|8 pages

Junctional adhesion molecule (JAM) family

Recent findings and their role and regulation in spermatogenesis

chapter 7|12 pages

The mitotic phase of spermatogenesis

Recent advances and perspectives

chapter 11|16 pages

Male infertility

Evaluation and treatment