Table 1 Experimental graft data for testis of immature and adult rat donors xenografted and collected 8 wk post grafting.

From: Dysregulation of angiogenesis-specific signalling in adult testis results in xenograft degeneration

Tissue type

Number of mice grafted and analyzed

Seminal vesicle weight (mg)

Average graft weight (mg)

Number of grafts recovereda (%)

Number of healthy graftsb (%)

Number of grafts with meiotic germ cellsc (%)

Adult rat testis tissue

10

31 ± 2.1*

42 ± 3.8*

82.5 (33/40)*

0 (0/33)*

0 (0/0)*

Young rat testis tissue

10

128 ± 4.7

132 ± 6.2

100 (40/40)

75 (30/40)

83.3 (25/30)

  1. aTotal xenografts removed divided by the total number of xenografts grafted. bPercentage of recovered xenografts with intact seminiferous tubules. cPercentage of recovered xenografts with pachytene-stage spermatocytes. *Significantly different within the column (P < 0.05).
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