Germ cell apoptosis in autoimmune orchitis: Involvement of the Fas-FasL system

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 166-176

  Theas, Susana ^a   Rival, Claudia ^a   Lustig, Livia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autoimmune orchitis; Fas FasL system; Germ cell apoptosis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; FAS ANTIGEN; FASL ANTIGEN; FASL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GERM CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; ORCHITIS; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PATHOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; GERM CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; ORCHITIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS;

EID: 0038703058     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2003.00074.x     Document Type: Article

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