Rete testis

Normal pre- and postnatal male reproductive tract development. Progressive atrophy with age of rete testis and seminal tubules. Diminution of fertilizing capacity of sperm. Females Neuroendocrine system apparently normal, except for an excess of transcription of gonadotropin genes. 

Figure 19.2 A diagram of a section through a human testis to show the general structure. The rete testis is a small structured component (not shown) that joins the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferenb a and hence to the epididymis, where the sperm are stored.

Hamilton and collaborators have made extensive studies on the complex processes involved in sperm maturation. We noted in Section VIII that, in the course of this work, they found rat rete testis and epididymal... 

The distribution of HMFGPs is such that many, but not all, non-neoplastic human epithelial cells express at least one member of this protein family. Exceptions include the gastrointestinal surface epithelium, endocer-vical epithelium, prostatic acinar epithelium, epididymis, germ cells, hepatocytes, adrenal cortical cells, rete testis, squamous cells of the epidermis, and thyroid follicular epithelium. 

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