Reference | Testicular Tissue Donor | Testicular Tissue Recipient | Grafting Size | Grafting Site | Cryopreserved or Fresh | Outcome |
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Shinohara et al. [10] 2002 | Prepubertal Rabbits | ICR nude mice | 8 to 16 mm3 | Testicular parenchyma | Frozen/Thawed and fresh | Spermatogenesis occurrence: 74% in fresh and 90% in frozen transplants |
One male offspring was produced | ||||||
Honaramooz et al. [49] 2002 | Prepubertal ICR or B6C3F1 mice, pigs and goats | Immunodeficient mice | 0.5 to 1 mm3 | Back skin | Frozen/Thawed and fresh | Graft recovery: more than 60% |
Sperm were all viable and functional from testis grafts of all three species into mice | ||||||
Snedaker et al. [50] 2004 | Prepubertal domestic kittens | Immunodeficient mice | 0.5 to 1 mm3 | Back skin | Frozen/Thawed | Graft recovery: 45.5% |
Complete spermatogenesis occurred after transplantation | ||||||
Rathi et al. [97] 2005 | Prepubertal cattle | Immunodeficient mice | 1 to 2 mm in diameter | Back skin | Fresh | Graft recovery: 80% |
In most grafts, spermatogenesis was arrested at the pachytene spermatocyte stage | ||||||
Rathi et al. [52] 2006 | Prepubertal, pubertal and adult horses | Immunodeficient mice | 1 to 2 mm in diameter | Back skin | Fresh | Graft recovery: 65% |
The pubertal group leaded to the most complete spermatogenesis | ||||||
Arregui et al. [53] 2008 | Prepubertal sheep | Immunodeficient mice | 1 mm3 | Back skin | Fresh | Graft recovery: 95.7% |
Complete spermatogenesis occurred after transplantation | ||||||
Abrishami et al. [24] 2010 | Prepubertal, pubertal and adult dogs | Immunodeficient mice | 2 mm3 | Back skin | Fresh | Graft recovery: 79.2% |
Prepubertal and pubertal testis xenografts maintained complete spermatogenesis | ||||||
Reddy et al. [55] 2012 | Prepubertal buffalos | Immunodeficient mice | Weighing 8-10 mg | Back skin | Fresh | Graft recovery: 89.4% after 12 weeks and 78.3% after 24 weeks |
Complete spermatogenesis occurred only in intact recipients | ||||||
Ntemou et al. [56] 2019 | Prepubertal marmosets | Swiss Nu/Nu mice | 0.8 to 1 mm3 | (1) Back skin | Fresh | Graft recovery after 4 months: 21% from back skin and 50% from intratesticular |
(2) Intratesticular |