Fas regulates germ cell apoptosis in the human testis in vitro

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 276, Issue 2 39-2, 1999, Pages

  Pentikäinen, Virve ^a   Erkkilä, Krista ^a   Dunkel, Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Programmed cell death; Spermatide; Spermatocyte; Z VAD.FMK

Indexed keywords

CASPASE INHIBITOR; FAS LIGAND;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033030170     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1999.276.2.e310     Document Type: Article

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