Apoptosis-related proteins in the testes of infertile men with varicocele

BJU International

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 905-909

  Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Fujisawa, M ^a   Tanaka, Hirokazu ^a   Okada, H ^a   Kamidono, S ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; CPP32; Infertility; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; CASPASE 3; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS BIOPSY; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 1; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0036093615     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.02746.x     Document Type: Article

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