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@ARTICLE{Domke:142958,
      author       = {L. Domke$^*$ and W. Franke$^*$},
      title        = {{T}he cell-cell junctions of mammalian testes: {II}. {T}he
                      lamellar smooth muscle monolayer cells of the peritubular
                      wall are laterally connected by vertical adherens
                      junctions-a novel architectonic cell-cell junction system.},
      journal      = {Cell $\&$ tissue research},
      volume       = {375},
      number       = {2},
      issn         = {1432-0878},
      address      = {Heidelberg},
      publisher    = {Springer},
      reportid     = {DKFZ-2019-00586},
      pages        = {451 - 482},
      year         = {2019},
      abstract     = {The testes of sexually mature males of six mammalian
                      species (men, bulls, boars, rats, mice, guinea pigs) have
                      been studied using biochemical as well as light and electron
                      microscopical techniques, in particular immunolocalizations.
                      In these tissues, the peritubular walls represent lamellar
                      encasement structures wrapped around the seminiferous
                      tubules as a bandage system of extracellular matrix layers,
                      alternating with monolayers of very flat polyhedral
                      'lamellar smooth muscle cells' (LSMCs), the number of which
                      varies in different species from 1 to 5 or 6. These LSMCs
                      are complete SMCs containing smooth muscle α-actin (SMA),
                      myosin light and heavy chains, α-actinin, tropomyosin,
                      smoothelin, intermediate-sized filament proteins desmin
                      and/or vimentin, filamin, talin, dystrophin, caldesmon,
                      calponin, and protein SM22α, often also cytokeratins 8 and
                      18. In the monolayers, the LSMCs are connected by adherens
                      junctions (AJs) based on cadherin-11, in some species also
                      with P-cadherin and/or E-cadherin, which are anchored in
                      cytoplasmic plaques containing β-catenin and other
                      armadillo proteins, in some species also striatin family
                      proteins, protein myozap and/or LUMA. The LSMC cytoplasm is
                      rich in myofilament bundles, which in many regions are
                      packed in paracrystalline arrays, as well as in 'dense
                      bodies,' 'focal adhesions,' and caveolae. In addition to
                      some AJ-like end-on-end contacts, the LSMCs are laterally
                      connected by numerous vertical AJ-like junctions located in
                      variously sized and variously shaped, overlapping (alter
                      super alterum) lamelliform cell protrusions. Consequently,
                      the LSMCs of the peritubular wall monolayers are SMCs sensu
                      stricto which are laterally connected by a novel
                      architectonic system of arrays of vertical AJs located in
                      overlapping cell protrusions.},
      cin          = {A991},
      ddc          = {610},
      cid          = {I:(DE-He78)A991-20160331},
      pnm          = {311 - Signalling pathways, cell and tumor biology
                      (POF3-311)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-311},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {pmid:30591979},
      doi          = {10.1007/s00441-018-2968-x},
      url          = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/142958},
}