Inhibition of apoptosis in cultured immature rat Leydig cells by human chorionic gonadotropin associated with Bcl-2 mRNA expression

Endocrine Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-70

  Fujisawa, Masato ^a   Kanzaki, Masanori ^a   Tatsumi, Noboru ^a   Okuda, Yoshihiro ^a   Okada, Hiroshi ^a   Arakawa, Soichi ^a   Kamidono, Sadao ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DNA FRAGMENT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HORMONAL REGULATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0033998584     PISSN: 07435800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07435800009040146     Document Type: Article

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