My latest work is out in @embojournal.org, and it well deserves a 🧵!!!👇
For the first time in vivo, we show that somatic gonadal cells sustain the developing germline by producing lactate through glycolysis and shuttling it directly to germ cells to keep them alive link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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To ensure success in reproduction, organisms dedicate substantial resources to supporting the germline. In testes, somatic gonadal cells form a barrier that isolates germ cells from circulating nutrie...
