Apoptosis and proliferation of human testicular somatic and germ cells during prepuberty: High rate of testicular growth in newborns mediated by decreased apoptosis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5113-5118

  Berensztein, Esperanza B ^a   Sciara, Mariela I ^a   Rivarola, Marco A ^a   Belgorosky, Alicia ^a,b  

^a Hospital de Pediatria SAMIC Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GERM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; ORGAN GROWTH; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SOMATIC CELL; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL DIVISION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PUBERTY; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0036846607     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-020032     Document Type: Article

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