Bradykinin stimulates prepubertal rat germ cell proliferation in vitro

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-178

  Atanassova, Nina ^a   Kancheva, Ludmila ^a   Somlev, Boris ^b  

^a Institute of Experimental Morphology and Anthropology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences   (Bulgaria)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bradykinin; Germ cell proliferation organ culture; Rat testis; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; BRADYKININ B1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BRADYKININ B2 RECEPTOR; BRADYKININ B2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CAPTOPRIL; PHOSPHORAMIDON; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BRADYKININ; CELL DIVISION; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOCYTES;

EID: 0031784786     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(98)00037-X     Document Type: Article

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