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Descriptor English: Blood-Testis Barrier
Descriptor Spanish: Barrera Hematotesticular
Descriptor barrera hematotesticular
Entry term(s) barrera testiculohemática
Scope note: Barrera especializada, en los TESTÍCULOS, entre el compartimento intersticial hemático y los compartimentos adluminales de los TÚBULOS SEMINÍFEROS. La barrera está formada por capas de células desde el ENDOTELIO VASCULAR de los VASOS SANGUÍNEOS capilares, hasta el EPITELIO SEMINÍFERO de los túbulos seminíferos. Se establecen UNIONES ESTRECHAS entre las CÉLULAS DE SERTOLI adyacentes, así como entre las CÉLULAS ENDOTELIALES.
Descriptor Portuguese: Barreira Hematotesticular
Descriptor French: Barrière hématotesticulaire
Entry term(s): Barrière hémato-testiculaire
Barrière sang-testicule
Tree number(s): A05.360.444.849.700.349
A07.045
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001814
Scope note: A specialized barrier, in the TESTIS, between the interstitial BLOOD compartment and the adluminal compartment of the SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES. The barrier is formed by layers of cells from the VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM of the capillary BLOOD VESSELS, to the SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM of the seminiferous tubules. TIGHT JUNCTIONS form between adjacent SERTOLI CELLS, as well as between the ENDOTHELIAL CELLS.
Annotation: coord IM with endogenous substance /metab (IM) or exogenous substance /pharmacokin (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
Related: Perméabilité capillaire MeSH
DeCS ID: 23171
Unique ID: D001814
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1976/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Barrière hématotesticulaire - Preferred
Concept UI M0002732
Preferred term Barrière hématotesticulaire
Entry term(s) Barrière hémato-testiculaire
Barrière sang-testicule



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