Impairment of spermatogenesis in transgenic mice with selective overexpression of Bcl-2 in the somatic cells of the testis

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 981-991

  Yamamoto, C M ^a   Sinha Hikim, A P ^a   Lue, Y ^a   Portugal, A M ^a   Guo, T B ^a   Hsu, S Y ^a   Salameh, W A ^a   Wang, C ^a   Hsueh, A J W ^a   Swerdloff, R S ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Electron microscopy; Endocrine dysfunction; Leydig cell; Sertoli cell

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, BCL-2; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VACUOLES;

EID: 0034748571     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2001.tb03439.x     Document Type: Article

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