Cryopreservation of testicular tissue before long-term testicular cell culture does not alter in vitro cell dynamics.

Objective: To assess whether testicular cell dynamics are altered during long-term culture after testicular tissue cryopreservation.

Design: Experimental basic science study.

Setting: Reproductive biology laboratory.

No association between TGF-β1 polymorphisms and radiation-induced lung toxicity in a European cohort of lung cancer patients.

This study aimed at validating the previously published association between TGF-β1 single nucleotide polymorphisms and a reduced risk for radiation-induced lung toxicity. We were not able to confirm the reported association, neither using maximum dyspnea score nor after correction for baseline dyspnea score.