Expression of Glutathione-Peroxidase (GSH-PO) in the Rat Ventral Prostate: -Effect of castration and administration of testosterone-

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 111-118

  Murakoshi, Masanori ^a   Ikeda, Rie ^a   Tagawa, Masashi ^a   Suzuki, Minoru ^a   Takekoshi, Susumu ^b   Watanabe, Keiichi ^b  

^a Grelan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Glutathione peroxidase (GSH PO); Testosterone; Ventral prostate

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BETA ACTIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BCL 2; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PROSTATE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031392560     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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