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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 30.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Oct 2;293(6):E1795–E1803. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00541.2007

Table 3.

Apoptotic cells after 4 wk of treatment

Control U-PRL S179D PRL
Apoptotic Leydig cells 2±0.88 (28) 4±1.09 (52) 10±1.6*(115)
Number of Leydig cells 296±13.4 (3,551) 334±35.8 (4,002) 234±12.2*(2,803)
Apoptotic primary spermatogonia 1,070±7.6 1,075±66.7 1,242±13.4*
Apoptotic elongating spermatids 283±7.6 98±5.6 250±15.5

Values are means ± SE and are given as cells per animal sampling. Numbers in parentheses are total counted in 3 analyses by examination of 1,080 images.

*

P < 0.05 vs. control;

P < 0.003 vs. control.