Fas-Fas ligand system as a possible mediator of spermatogenic cell apoptosis in human maturation-arrested testes

Human cell: official journal of Human Cell Research Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-68

  Eguchi, Jiro ^a   Koji, Takehiko ^b   Nomata, Koichiro ^a   Yoshii, Akira ^b,c   Shin, Masashi ^b   Kanetake, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Department of Urology ^*  (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; FASLG PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; NICK END LABELING; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0036517825     PISSN: 09147470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-0774.2002.tb00100.x     Document Type: Article

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