Mechanisms of glucocorticoid-induced Leydig cell apoptosis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 153-163

  Gao, Hui Bao ^a   Tong, Ming Han ^a   Hu, Yan Qin ^a   You, Hai Yan ^a   Guo, Qiang Su ^a   Ge, Ren Shan ^b   Hardy, Matthew P ^b,c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal function; Programmed cell death; Stress; Testis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DNA FRAGMENT; ENZYME PRECURSOR; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; GLUCOCORTICOID; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMYLVALYLASPARTIC ACID ALDEHYDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PUERPERIUM; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CORTICOSTERONE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MITOCHONDRIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 0037474148     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(02)00290-3     Document Type: Article

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