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Evidence from results of autoradiographic studies in mice indicates that nuclei of Sertoli cells and of epithelial cells in the ductuli efferentes contain receptors for 1,25(OH)2 vitamin D3.
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Stumpf, W.E., Sar, M., Chen, K. et al. Sertoli cells in the testis and epithelium of the ductuli efferentes are targets for 3H 1,25 (OH)2 vitamin D3 . Cell Tissue Res. 247, 453–455 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00218327
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