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Androgen binding protein (ABP) is produced by Sertoli cells of the testis, secreted into the lumen of seminiferous tubules, and transported with tubular fluid to the epididymis, where it is internalized and degraded by the epithelial cells of the initial segment and the caput; it binds testosterone (T), dihydrotestosterone and estradiol with high affinity [ 9 10 11 ] . The functions of ABP have been the subject of many reviews [e.g.
Descending thin limbs with their cells with nuclei protruding into the lumen differ markedly in appearance from ascending thin limbs with their large, round, flat nuclei when viewed with DIC optics [ 17 18 ] . The differential expression of AQP1 in the two different types of segments (abundant in the descending thin limb and absent in the ascending thin limb), visualized by immunocytochemistry, confirmed the accuracy of the morphological identification (Figure 2).
Increased SAHH expression by advanced conceptuses suggests there would also be increased homocysteine released into the uterine lumen that may have an embryo-toxic effect on neighboring conceptuses lagging in development.
03 poise), Q is blood flow rate (mL/s), and r is arterial lumen radius (centimeter) [ 2 ] .
So, for example, in my classes students first read the elegant paper by Munro and Pelham (1987) that uncovered the tetrapeptide lysine–aspartic acid–glutamic acid–leucine (KDEL) retention signal for proteins destined to remain in the endoplasmic reticulum lumen.