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ea0014p661 | (1) | ECE2007

Expression of p63 and Notch system in the rat testis and vaso-epididymal system during postnatal development

Hayashi T , Ohno R , Ishii N , Matsuda T , Terao T , Morozumi M , Yamada T

The testis and epididymis collaborate in the male gamete development. The testis has the specific function to generate spermatozoa and spermatozoa undergo numerous changes passing through the epididymis. p63 in the basal layer of epithelium plays a key role in maintaining cellular populations, whereas Notch 1 and its ligand Jagged 2 have an important role in the cell differentiation and Jagged 2 is up-regulated by TAp63, which transactivates p53 target genes and induces apopto...