N-acetyl-L-cysteine inhibits apoptosis in human male germ cells in vitro

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2523-2531

  Erkkilä, Krista ^a   Hirvonen, Virve ^a   Wuokko, Eero ^b   Parvinen, Martti ^c   Dunkel, Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Helsinki City Health Department   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031758537     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.7.2523     Document Type: Article

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