Enhanced expression of tyrosine kinase receptor A in germ cells of rat testis with acute experimental testicular torsion

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-85

  Moon, Changjong ^a,b   Yasuzumi, Fumioki ^b   Okura, Nobuhiko ^b   Kim, Heechul ^a   Ahn, Meejung ^a   Shin, Taekyun ^a  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ischemia reperfusion; Neurotrophic factor receptor; Survival

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ISCHEMIA; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS; TESTIS TORSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; GERM CELLS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, TRKA; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION;

EID: 18344394207     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082715     Document Type: Article

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