Altered testicular development as a consequence of increase number of sertoli cell in male lambs exposed prenatally to excess testosterone

Pedro P. Rojas-Garcia 1 • Monica P. Recabarren 1 • Teresa Sir-Petermann 2 •Rodolfo Rey 3 • Sergio Palma 1 • Albert Carrasco 1 • Carlos C. Perez-Marin 4 •Vasantha Padmanabhan 5 • Sergio E. Recabarren 1

Sources: 1. Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Endocrinology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Concepcion, Av. Vicente Mendez 595, Chillan, Chile; 2. Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Western Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Las Palmeras 299, Interior Quinta Normal, Casilla, 33052 Correo 33, Santiago, Chile; 3. Center for Research in Endocrinology Children’s Hospital ‘‘R. Gutie´rrez’’ C1425EFD Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Department of Histology, Cell Biology, Embryology, University of Buenos Aires, C1121ABG Buenos Aires, Argentina; 4. Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cordoba, 14014 Cordoba, Spain; 5. Departments of Pediatrics and the Reproductive Sciences Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

Endocrine DOI 10.1007/s12020-012-9818-5 Received: 30 March 2012, Accepted: 9 October 2012