Leydig cell apoptosis in response to ethane dimethanesulphonate after both in vivo and in vitro treatment

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 274-280

  Morris, Andrew J ^a   Taylor, Matthew F ^a   Morris, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Glucocorticoid; Methylprednisolone; Rat; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; DNA; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMESYLATE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ETIOLOGY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MESYLATES; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 0030942662     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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