Apoptosis in adult mouse testis induced by experimental cryptorchidism

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-204

  Ohta, Y ^a   Nishikawa, A ^b   Fukazawa, Y ^b   Urushitani, H ^b   Matsuzawa, A ^c   Nishina, Y ^b   Iguchi, T ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cryptorchidism; Mouse; Testis

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; GERM CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGAN SIZE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0030419168     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147881     Document Type: Article

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