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Testicular tissue pieces from 3- and 6-month-old rhesus monkeys were grafted to immunodeficient, castrated mice. Recipient mice were either left untreated or treated with pregnant mare serum gonadotropin and\/or human chorionic gonadotropin twice weekly and were killed 28 weeks after grafting. Testicular maturation in grafted tissue was assessed based on morphology and the most advanced germ cell type present and by immunohistochemistry for expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen, Mullerian-inhibiting substance, and androgen receptor. Testis grafts, irrespective of donor age or treatment, contained fewer germ cells than donor tissue. Grafts from 6-month-old donors showed tubular expansion with increased seminiferous tubule diameter and lumen formation, whereas those harvested from gonadotropin-treated mice contained elongated spermatids. Grafts from 3-month-old donors recovered from gonadotropin-treated mice contained pachytene spermatocytes, whereas those recovered from untreated mice showed only slight tubular expansion. Immunohistochemistry revealed that exposure to exogenous gonadotropins supported Sertoli cell maturation, irrespective of donor age. These results indicate that sustained gonadotropin stimulation of immature (&amp;lt;12 months old) monkey testis supports Sertoli cell maturation, thereby terminating the unresponsive phase of the germinal epithelium and allowing complete spermatogenesis in testis tissue from infant rhesus monkeys.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1210\/en.2008-0311","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,6,20]],"date-time":"2008-06-20T00:55:20Z","timestamp":1213923320000},"page":"5288-5296","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":69,"title":["Maturation of Testicular Tissue from Infant Monkeys after Xenografting into Mice"],"prefix":"10.1210","volume":"149","author":[{"given":"Rahul","family":"Rathi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Animal Transgenesis and Germ Cell Research (R.R., W.Z., S.Meg., I.D.), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 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