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ReviewAndrology2025

The use of deidentified organ donor testes for research.

Marina V Pryzhkova, Marnie W Skinner, Juliana I Candelaria, Stephen R Wellard, Philip W Jordan

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Review in Andrology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Marina V PryzhkovaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Marnie W SkinnerDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Juliana I CandelariaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Stephen R WellardDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Philip W JordanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4890-2647

Funding

TRAINING IN AREAS FUNDAMENTAL TO CANCER RESEARCHT32CA009110 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MATUNIS, MICHAEL J., WEERARATNA, ASHANI T · 1985 to 2025
$13.1M
Regulation of microtubule organizing centers during mammalian gametogenesisR01GM117155 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Philip W Jordan · 2016 to 2026
$4.3M
Pluripotent stem cell-derived organoid model of human gonad development, functions, and disordersR01HD114180 · NICHD · HENRY M. JACKSON FDN FOR THE ADV MIL/MED · PI JORDAN, PHILIP W · 2023 to 2025
$1.7M
Regulation of Centrosome Biogenesis During Mammalian SpermatogenesisF31HD111265 · NICHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SKINNER, MARNIE · 2023 to 2025
$115k
NCI NIH HHS CA009110NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009110NICHD NIH HHS F31 HD111265NICHD NIH HHS F31HD111265NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD114180NICHD NIH HHS R01HD114180NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM117155NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM11755
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our knowledge of testis development and function mainly comes from research using mammalian model organisms, primarily the mouse. However, there are integral differences between men and other mammalian species regarding cellular composition and expression profiles during fetal and post-natal testis development and in the mature testis. Therefore, to specifically learn more about human testis development and function, there is a need to use human testis tissue for research. Human testicular tissues that have been donated for research have allowed extensive molecular and cytological assessments, as well as single-cell transcriptome and epigenome analyses. These tissues have also been used for the development of cell technologies and in vitro models that aim to improve infertility treatments and diagnostics. Biopsied material taken from patients and designated for research is usually very small in size and is unsuitable for comprehensive studies. On the other hand, research using whole testes obtained from deceased, deidentified donors has become a valuable resource to assess conservation between humans and other organisms and identify human-specific phenomena. This review discusses the acquisition of donated deidentified human testes and their use for basic science research.

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infertilitymeiosisseminiferous tubulespermatogenesisspermatogonial stem celltestis

Identifiers

PMID39912553
PMCPMC12325694

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