Figure 5.
Lessons learned from animal models of testicular and epididymal infection and inflammation. BC, basal cell; BM, basement membrane; BTB, blood–testis barrier; DC, dendritic cell; ECM, extracellular matrix; GC, germ cell; IL, interleukin; LC, Leydig cell; M, macrophage; MC, mast cell; MCP, monocyte chemotactic protein; N, neutrophils; NC, narrow and clear cell; NO, nitric oxide; PC, principal cell; PTC, peritubular cell; SC, Sertoli cell; SMC, smooth muscle cell; TC, T cell; TM, testicular macrophage; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; Treg, regulatory T cell.