"Testis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The male gonad containing two functional parts: the SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES for the production and transport of male germ cells (SPERMATOGENESIS) and the interstitial compartment containing LEYDIG CELLS that produce ANDROGENS.
| Descriptor ID |
D013737
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.444.849 A05.360.576.782 A06.407.312.782
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| Concept/Terms |
Testis- Testis
- Testicles
- Testicle
- Testes
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Testis" by people in Profiles.
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Testis- and ovary-expressed polo-like kinase transcripts and gene duplications affect male fertility when expressed in the Drosophila melanogaster germline. G3 (Bethesda). 2025 Jan 08; 15(1).
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The cancer testis antigen TDRD1 regulates prostate cancer proliferation by associating with the snRNP biogenesis machinery. Oncogene. 2023 06; 42(22):1821-1831.
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Testicular thermoregulation with respect to spermatogenesis and contraception. J Therm Biol. 2021 Jul; 99:102954.
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Gene-Level, but Not Chromosome-Wide, Divergence between a Very Young House Fly Proto-Y Chromosome and Its Homologous Proto-X Chromosome. Mol Biol Evol. 2021 01 23; 38(2):606-618.
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Genes Relocated Between Drosophila Chromosome Arms Evolve Under Relaxed Selective Constraints Relative to Non-Relocated Genes. J Mol Evol. 2018 07; 86(6):340-352.
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Dysregulation of Notch and ERa signaling in AhR-/- male mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 10 18; 113(42):11883-11888.
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Transcriptome Differences between Alternative Sex Determining Genotypes in the House Fly, Musca domestica. Genome Biol Evol. 2015 Jul 02; 7(7):2051-61.