Involvement of Fas in the apoptosis of mouse germ cells induced by experimental cryptorchidism

Urological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-21

  Ogi, Shinsuke ^a   Tanji, Nozomu ^a   Yokoyama, Masayoshi ^a   Takeuchi, Masafumi ^a   Terada, Nobuyuki ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cryptorchidism; Fas; Mouse; Testis

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0031979568     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002400050017     Document Type: Article

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