Overexpression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in transgenic mice accelerates testicular germ cell apoptosis induced by experimental cryptorchidism

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 281-288

  Ishikawa, Tomomoto ^a,b   Kondo, Yutaka ^c   Goda, Kazumasa ^b   Fujisawa, Masato ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunoblotting; Spermatids; Spermatocytes; Spermatogonia; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUNG; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 14344264329     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2005.tb01096.x     Document Type: Article

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