Expression and regulation of the prointerleukin-1α processing enzymes calpain I and ii in the rat testis

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-45

  Sultana, Taranum ^a,b   Wahab Wahlgren, Aida ^b   Assmus, Monique ^b   Parvinen, Martti ^c   Weber, Günther ^a   Söder, Olle ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Calpain; Cytokines; Leydig cell; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME REGULATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; UPREGULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CALPAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1; LEYDIG CELLS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 12244251407     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2003.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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