Decreased expression of the c-kit receptor is associated with increased apoptosis in subfertile human testes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-89

  Feng, Huai L ^a   Sandlow, Jay I ^a   Sparks, Amy E T ^a   Sandra, Alexander ^a   Zheng, Lei J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; C kit receptor; Male infertility; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SUBFERTILITY;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEYDIG CELLS; LIGANDS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTIS;

EID: 0032951282     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00401-4     Document Type: Article

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