Simultaneous increase in germ cell apoptosis and oxidative stress under acute unilateral testicular ischaemia in rats

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 319-328

  Chaki, S P ^a   Ghosh, D ^b   Misro, M M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (India)

^b VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Germ cell; Ischaemia; Oxidative stress; Seminiferous epithelium

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROTEIN BAX; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERM CELL; ISCHEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS ISCHEMIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0348134970     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2003.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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