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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Reprod Toxicol. 2014 Jan 18;45:59–70. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2014.01.006

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Morphological alterations of the tubular compartment of mouse testis at 15, 60 and 120 days after silver nanoparticles treatment. The main morphological alterations in the tubular compartment occurred at 15 and 60 days after silver nanoparticles treatment. (A) The lumen volume density was significantly increased (P<0.05); (B) seminiferous epithelium volume density was significantly decreased (P<0.05); and (C) a significant increase (P<0.05) in tubular diameter was also observed in treated groups. The germ cell apoptosis (D) were significantly increased (p<0.05) in all time periods evaluated when compared to the control group. Data are presented as mean ± standard error of mean (SEM). Statistical analysis was performed using one-way ANOVA. Letters denote post-hoc test differences.